How many opportunities has the North Carolina General Assembly, controlled by Democrats, had to implement a comprehensive immigration policy and has instead, decided to ignore or ... Keep Reading
elections
Should noncitizens vote?
Next Tuesday voters in Portland, Maine and San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon will decide on whether to grant noncitizens the right to vote in local elections ... Keep Reading
A different look at how we vote
I’m not in the habit of giving kudos to USA Today, but today America's largest newspaper has an interesting article on how we vote and all the changes made since the year 2000. ... Keep Reading
Teachers’ unions and elections
Sean Cavanaugh has penned an interesting article in Education Week on the influence of teacher union money in this fall’s state elections. As might be expected, Democrats are ... Keep Reading
The Civitas Report
NAACP uses busing rally to motivate voter base ... Keep Reading
Civitas Legislative Report – 6/30
Public financed campaigns could still be expanded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EP1OcSwM-I ... Keep Reading
Unethical Welfare for Politicians Scheme Stripped from Ethics Bill
Last minute insertion under cover of darkness of an unexpected clause into a bill. Virtually no debate among Committee members, especially those taken by surprise by the bill ... Keep Reading
Campaign Ethics Idea
The Raleigh News & Observer’s Andrew Curliss has observed in a recent post that there are some potentially good ethics regulations missing from the ethics bill (HB961) ... Keep Reading
California Gets Something Right
The State of California has provided the rest of the country with plenty of lessons of what not to do, but yesterday voters made a wise decision: Californians aren't interested in ... Keep Reading
Civitas Senior Legislative Analyst Chris Hayes Discusses Budget
What will the final budget conference report contain or cut? ... Keep Reading
