President Donald Trump held his first (although almost certainly not his last) North Carolina Keep America Great campaign rally last week in Greenville. A couple of us Civitas team ... Keep Reading
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Civitas Poll: Trump would win NC again
Trump Approval Rating at 51%; Generic Congressional ballot tied RALEIGH, NC - Today the Civitas Institute released a statewide poll which reveals that if the 2016 presidential ... Keep Reading
Jones (R-NC 3rd District) Currently Leads GOP Primary
RALEIGH – Today the Civitas Institute released a poll that finds Walter Jones, incumbent in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, with a 9 point lead over Scott Dacey, ... Keep Reading
Trump’s Tariffs Would Cost U.S., and NC, Jobs
Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, expertly describes the negative effects that Donald Trump's recently proposed 25 ... Keep Reading
Newspaper: Thom Tillis Wants More Visas for Workers
I have to hand it to the N&O, it's had some stories recently that made me sit up at the breakfast table and say, "What the ...?" Like this one about Sen. Thom Tillis, who is ... Keep Reading
Brexit Leader Electrifies CLC
Nigel Farage, the man who led the movement to bring England out of the EU, delivered a rousing address to the Conservative Leadership Conference Friday night. “2016 was the most ... Keep Reading
What the News Really Says — and Doesn’t Say
The latest swirl of reports out of Washington has more lessons for us news consumers -- including paying attention to what exactly what is and isn't said. A number of ... Keep Reading
Historian Details Clinton Campaign’s Collapse
On the "What Matters in North Carolina" podcast, host Mark Shiver speaks with Doug Wead, presidential historian and author of Game of Thorns: The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton’s ... Keep Reading
President Trump’s Inaugural Address
NC Capitol Connection has an analysis of Donald Trump's inaugural address, plus audio of the speech. Click here to read about and hear the speech. (The image shows the ... Keep Reading
From CLC: Trump’s HHS Pick, Rep. Tom Price
You've probably been reading about Rep. Tom Price in the news, and if you were lucky enough to be at the Conservative Leadership Conference in 2015, you got to hear him in person ... Keep Reading
