Late last night (or early this morning, however you want to look at it) the NC House passed its budget plan for the next biennium. Dozens of amendments were debated, and 42 passed. ... Keep Reading
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Poll Reflects Decade of NC Voters’ Views
The most recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters compared their current views with the positions of voters in May 2005, when Civitas took its first poll. Despite ... Keep Reading
An Open Letter From Civitas Board Chair to NC House Repub Caucus
The following email was sent from Civitas Institute Board Chair Bob Luddy to House Republican Caucus members expressing his opinion of the "Liberal House spending plan": Subject: ... Keep Reading
House Budget: Pork and Crony Handouts Galore
The NC House is set to debate its budget proposal today, and much will be written about the details this week. But two sections in particular have several items of note to keep in ... Keep Reading
Details From NC House Budget Plan Begin to Trickle Out
Some preliminary details of the House budget plan were revealed yesterday in various appropriation committees. WRAL has a brief rundown. Some highlights include: In education, ... Keep Reading
NC GEAR Report Underwhelms Legislators
The final report from NC GEAR (NC Government Efficiency and Reform) - an initiative of Gov. McCrory's budget office - was presented yesterday. The response from legislators was one ... Keep Reading
New Baseline Budgeting Brings Transparency to NC Budget Process
Gov. McCrory is expected to release his budget proposal today, and in so doing will mark the beginning of a new, more honest and transparent budgeting process. As reported by the ... Keep Reading
One NC Legislator’s $2 Billion Snow Day
So a lonely, bored state legislator takes to twitter the other day when the legislature was snowed out, and lists items he'd like to force state taxpayers to pay for. And for some ... Keep Reading
North Carolinians Call for State Govt. to Slash Spending, Reject Higher Taxes
Feb. 9, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org More than 7 out of 10 Say Spending Is the Problem for ... Keep Reading
TOP 5 IN ‘15
Policies the NC General Assembly should address this session Today marks the opening day for the 2015 "long session" for the North Carolina General Assembly. Legislators will ... Keep Reading
