This past Tuesday, the North Carolina Democratic Party held a fundraiser in their headquarters that was attended by Gov. Bev Perdue, members of the Council of State, a handful of ... Keep Reading
Corruption
S.B. 1114
S.B. 1114 has now passed the third reading of both the Senate and the House. Apparently neither body saw the potential for patronage that this bill creates; however, it is now up ... Keep Reading
Senate approves Internet sweepstakes ban
The Senate Monday night approved a ban on Internet sweepstakes cafes in North Carolina. It does not prohibit sweepstakes used for products sold in stores. The measure passed ... Keep Reading
State Senate committee passes video poker and sweepstakes ban
The Senate took a bill that came over from the House, gutted it and substituted language that would ban video poker and Internet sweepstakes cafes. House bill 80 was approved by ... Keep Reading
Cleaning Up State Government
While Gov. Perdue included "Setting Government Straight" as one of her priorities for the coming year's budget, this week marks the Civitas Institute's final installment of its "20 ... Keep Reading
Permits in Your Pocket if You Own a Politician
U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle summarized the 57 count indictment Monday, April 19 before aide to former Democratic Gov. Mike Easley Ruffin Poole pleaded guilty to one count of ... Keep Reading
More use of taxpayer resources for partisan political activities
I have been meaning to post this. The following email was forwarded by a concerned state employee and appears to show a state employee using state resources to promote a partisan ... Keep Reading
California Nightmare
Steve Greenhut of the Pacific Research Institute has an alarming piece in the February issue of Reason Magazine that chronicles how California public employees have been exploiting ... Keep Reading
Fraud and Beverly Perdue or “It Takes One to Know One”
Here are a couple of definitions of the word “fraud” that I found on the internet using "U.S.Legal Definitions, and "The Free Dictionary" A deception deliberately practiced in ... Keep Reading
ACORN – Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
In an article I published on the Civitas site in January, I noted how ACORN has woven itself into the fabric of the left in North Carolina. Now we see an article by Ben Smith on ... Keep Reading
