Important Bills Still in Play for Next Session While we reflect on the legislation that passed during this year’s long session, it is important to keep an eye on bills that ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
Illegal Immigration: Legislation that Passed and What Could Have Been
With the U.S. Congress, as well as the Bush administration, having failed to pass an immigration reform bill in 2007, many states took it upon themselves to pass legislation ... Keep Reading
Landfill Regulation: Is the State Needed Here?
A North Carolina moratorium on the construction of new landfills expired on August 1, 2007. With the moratorium’s expiration, state legislators are now proposing the Solid Waste ... Keep Reading
Energy Bill Generates Hidden Taxes and Little Else
Are you willing to pay higher electricity rates to support renewable energy? If so, you're one of only about 10,000 people in North Carolina who is. That's because the ... Keep Reading
June 2007 DecisionMaker Poll
June 2007 Poll Results ... Keep Reading
Jessica’s Law: Coming Up Short
North Carolina’s Version of “Jessica’s Law” Would Not Have Protected Jessica Lunsford The General Assembly and the Governor have gleefully trumpeted the ... Keep Reading
May 2007 DecisionMaker Poll
Civitas Institute's May 2007 DecisionMaker poll. ... Keep Reading
Seeing Green … A Roundup of the North Carolina “Green” Budget
North Carolina’s proposed budget for the next biennium is peppered with nods to Big Green. As the following highlights from the House budget (HB 1473) reveal, these measures ... Keep Reading
Funding Illegal Immigration: The House Budget
Months of Civitas DecisionMaker polling has established that a majority of North Carolina voters oppose illegal immigration. For similar reasons, a majority of voters oppose any ... Keep Reading
Crime and Punishment in North Carolina
The way crimes are punished in North Carolina is changing. This year, more than 100 bills would create new felonies or change the sentences for existing felonies. They would affect ... Keep Reading
