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Tax Reform Reception with Stephen Moore

Join us for a Private reception and panel discussion on Tax Reform with Wall Street Journal senior economics writer Stephen Moore, Senate bill sponsor Bob Rucho, and House bill sponsor David Lewis. You will hear what the Senate is doing to pass real tax reform and how it can improve...

Poll Presentation

Please join Civitas on May 30 in Raleigh for our monthly poll presentation, with guest commentator Rep. Edgar Starnes. Our polling examines voter opinion on the most significant and current issues in North Carolina. Price: $10 online; $15 at the door, minus member discount

SB 150: Paging Karl Marx

One of the ten planks of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is “Centralization of credit in the hands of the State.”  Apparently of like mind is North Carolina state Senator Ellie Kinnaird (D-Orange), primary sponsor of Senate Bill 150, Study State-Owned Banks. Basically, the “state-owned bank” would take taxpayer dollars, then loan...

Public Campaign Financing Quiz

North Carolina has been using public funds and taxpayer dollars to subsidize political campaigns for several years. How much do you know about our state’s system of public campaign finance?

Featured Articles

FY 2013-14 Senate Budget Proposal: Large Tax Cut, Spending Nearly Identical to McCrory’s Plan

FY 2013-14 Senate Budget Proposal: Large Tax Cut, Spending Nearly Identical to McCrory’s Plan

Last night, the North Carolina state Senate unveiled its two year state budget proposal. Total spending included for FY 2013-14 comes to $20.58 billion, which would be roughly $400 million higher than the current year’s budget, good for a 2.3 percent increase. The Senate’s plan is about $17 million less than Gov. McCrory’s budget proposal...

Expert Highlights Dangers in Common Core Standards

Expert Highlights Dangers in Common Core Standards

Last fall public schools in North Carolina along with 44 other states began implementing Common Core Standards. The standards — developed by academic experts and private trade associations with the financial backing of several large foundations — have unleashed a brushfire of criticism, fueled in part by the controversial ideas behind Common Core, parental anger...

Guiding the NC Elections Board – to the Left HB 298, Affordable and Reliable Energy Act: Ending the Waste NC Budget Writers Should Beware of the Power of Compounding Expenditures

Polling

April 2013 Poll Results

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  • 31%
    Yes
  • 54%
    No
  • 15%
    Don't Know/Refused
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Events

May 29

Tax Reform Reception with Stephen Moore

Join us for a Private reception and panel discussion on Tax Reform with Wall Street Journal senior economics writer Stephen Moore, Senate bill sponsor Bob Rucho, and House bill sponsor David Lewis. You will hear what lawmakers are doing to pass real tax reform and how it can improve our economy,...

May 30

May Poll Luncheon

Please join the Civitas Institute on May 30 in Raleigh for our monthly poll presentation. Our polling examines voter opinion on the most significant and current issues such as government spending, state debt, health care, energy, social policy, election reform, and much more. Additionally, we measure approval ratings for national...