June 30, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – A new Civitas Poll of registered North Carolina ... Keep Reading
Archives for June 2015
As Pollsters Find Lagging Support, Hagan Drops Out
June 30, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – As the news was breaking that former Sen. Kay Hagan ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: NC Voters Back Traditional Marriage
Survey Shows Support for Traditional Marriage RALEIGH – In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that ... Keep Reading
NC Still Opposes Gay Marriage
June 29, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Poll Shows NC Voters Still Support Traditional Marriage ... Keep Reading
How to Reform Testing (Part II)
In Part I, we discussed why parents, teachers and the public in general think schools do too much testing. After all, the average public school student will take 18 standardized ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: ‘Soak the Rich,’ Drown the Poor
North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state’s tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax ... Keep Reading
SCOTUS Decision Could Shake Law for Decades
Today, the United States Supreme Court once again opted not to rule a key provision of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The case at issue, King v. Burwell, was technically ... Keep Reading
Another Relic of Racist Past: Progressivism
It is indeed time to rethink a relic of the South’s legacy of racism – progressivism. The news is about Confederate flags or statutes of rebel leaders. As a Yankee, I’ll stay ... Keep Reading
June 2015 Civitas Newspaper
This edition of NC Capitol Connection looked at the new state House budget; how a PAC funneled money to political campaigns on behalf of Big Solar; seeing Scott Walker in person; ... Keep Reading
School Testing Must Be Reined In – Part I
If you want to find an education issue where there seems to be universal agreement in North Carolina, talk about testing. Most everyone agrees we subject our kids to too much of ... Keep Reading