Recommendations for the 2015 Budget Negotiations As budget negotiations for the long-overdue 2015 North Carolina state budget continue, the Civitas Institute would like to ... Keep Reading
Archives for August 2015
Civitas Poll: McCrory Support Shifts in Key Voting Bloc
A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows Gov. Pat McCrory trailing Attorney General Roy Cooper in a hypothetical gubernatorial race. Asked whom ... Keep Reading
NC Shouldn’t Renew ‘Renewable’ Handouts
By Garland Tucker and Francis De Luca North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill – if the General Assembly continues the state’s “Renewable Energy Portfolio ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll Shows McCrory Support Shifts in Key Voting Bloc
August 27, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: Key Bloc Supports Limit on Tax Hikes
August 24, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Poll Shows Unaffiliated NC Voters Strongly ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: Voters Want Tax Protection
A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows that an overwhelming majority of North Carolina Unaffiliated voters support an amendment to the North ... Keep Reading
Blatant Abuse of NC Taxpayer Resources Exposed in Ashley Madison Hack
August 21, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Blatant Abuse of NC Taxpayer Resources Exposed in Ashley ... Keep Reading
NC Voters Back Ed Savings Accounts
August 19, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Poll Shows Unaffiliated NC Voters Strongly ... Keep Reading
VIVA Ruling May Bring Back Election Chaos
The hearing that will determine the fate of North Carolina’s election reform law wrapped up Aug. 7. Groups that included the NC NAACP and the League of Women Voters of NC, joined ... Keep Reading
The Heavy Price of Renewable Energy in NC
North Carolinians are forced to pay twice to prop up the state’s renewable energy lobby: once in the form of higher taxes and again for higher electric bills to support a Renewable ... Keep Reading