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...
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...
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,...
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...
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