As we move into the dog days of August, the calendar will quickly turn to September and election season will be in full swing. Before that begins, it makes sense to stop ... Keep Reading
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Analyzing the State Legislative District Polling – Part 2: Is It Just “The Economy, Stupid”?
As we move into the dog days of August, the calendar will quickly turn to September and election season will be in full swing. Before that begins, it makes sense to stop ... Keep Reading
Analyzing the State Legislative District Polling – Where Things Stand Now: Part 1
As we move into the dog days of August, the calendar will quickly turn to September and election season will be in full swing. Before that begins, it makes sense to stop ... Keep Reading
Governor Perdue Has Right Idea
Dare I say that Governor Perdue may be on to something? According to a recent article on WRAL.com, a good read by the way, the Governor is open to privatizing parts of the ABC ... Keep Reading
The Civitas Report
NAACP uses busing rally to motivate voter base ... Keep Reading
Fed stimulus money used for water park and movies instead of school expenses
Apparently field trips to movies and a water park were seen as essential to education in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. The Winston-Salem Journal attributes that info ... Keep Reading
Hungry Bureaucrats Fighting Over Shrinking Pie
Statists and members of the government education establishment can get along pretty well when the trough is overflowing with tax dollars. But when revenue begins to slow down, it ... Keep Reading
Obama Approval Dragging Democratic Generic Ballot Down
It is often theorized that mid-term Presidential year elections are simply referendums on the voters’ satisfaction with the current administration’s term in ... Keep Reading
Charter school cap bills sit idle but carry caution
Three bills in the General Assembly would raise the cap on charter schools. Civitas Institute Senior Policy Analyst Bob Luebke urges caution over state control in them. ... Keep Reading
Case Studies in Progressivism
It's funny how hard it is to give something up once you've got it. That's the lesson that unions are teaching governments and the public all over America. What have been the fruits ... Keep Reading
