U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would sue North Carolina over its new elections law. Also, a Civitas forum highlighted flaws in the Common ... Keep Reading
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Unions Vow to ‘Organize the South’
Last month, union bosses from the AFL-CIO came together at a major convention in Los Angeles to discuss the future of organized labor in the United States. There they unveiled a ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper August 2013
The legislature and the governor pass landmark conservative reforms. Civitas Capitol Connection is the monthly newspaper of the Civitas Institute. ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper July 2013
Civitas probes the real motivations for “Moral Mondays,” and why they should be called “Money Mondays.” Civitas Capitol Connection is the monthly newspaper of the Civitas ... Keep Reading
Paul Krugman’s War on Common Sense
The expiration of unemployment benefits for an estimated 70,000 long-term unemployed North Carolinians has garnered national attention, even receiving the ridiculously shrill label ... Keep Reading
Liberalism’s Failure: ‘a Paler Shade of Orange’
ICYMI, the News & Observer had an oped recently that showed how North Carolina liberalism is failing -- on its own terms. In “Unfortunate policies lead county to a paler ... Keep Reading
Thom Tillis Press Conference
NC House Speaker Thom Tillis provided some hints as to what the General Assembly may do this year. Here is what I took away from it. He sounded confident that the GA could keep ... Keep Reading
Sad Truths Underlying the Unemployment Debate
The left is complaining mightily about discussions of cutting unemployment benefits. All of us should have sympathy with people trying to find work while the economy is being so ... Keep Reading
Higher Employer Tax and Fewer Benefits In NC Unemployment Reform Package
A legislative panel unveiled its ideas to reform unemployment taxes and benfits. It also had a proposal for paying back a federal loan more quickly. Matt Willoughby has a video ... Keep Reading
The Hostess Break Up Begins
Hostess received a green light from a Judge in New York last week to begin winding down production of all of it's brands. Not all of Hostess employees will lose their jobs right ... Keep Reading
