This week's podcast touches on the push for gender-neutral toys, our latest Civitas Poll, and the continued insistence by many North Carolina lawmakers for more corporate ... Keep Reading
Archives for November 2018
Aging Population and Growing Liabilities to Cause Fiscal Tsunami
There is a significant demographic change occurring in North Carolina that virtually no one is talking about. A change that will have major implications for the state’s fiscal ... Keep Reading
Black Friday, Christmas Gifts, and Offshore Drilling
Should North Carolina explore its' natural energy potential along the coast? Join former Fayetteville mayor, Nat Robertson, as he speaks with Civitas President Donald Bryson and ... Keep Reading
Amendment Fault Lines: Which Counties Nixed All Six?
Seven North Carolina counties supported all of the proposed constitutional amendments, while eight counties voted against all six. North Carolina voters have nuanced policy ... Keep Reading
Our Kids Are Failing. Do We Even Care?
Hardly a week goes by without hearing news that North Carolina or some North Carolina city or town is achieving a high ranking on a business or quality of life survey. The steady ... Keep Reading
Thanksgiving Dinner, Pipelines, and Dodging Amazon
North Carolinians should be dancing in the streets now that we know for certain that Amazon has decided to forego our crony incentives for the sake of bigger wallets. And, we've ... Keep Reading
Pipelines, Permits, and Cooper’s Slush Fund: What’s Really Going On?
This week, the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations Subcommittee on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline met to discuss updates – or lack thereof – from the governor’s ... Keep Reading
Civitas Partisan Index – State Legislative Election Results
The Civitas Partisan Index provides a snapshot of past voter behavior in state legislative districts. In this November’s midterm election, CPI was 90 percent accurate in ... Keep Reading
Why Should Taxpayers Forego More Important Financial Priorities to Fund Government Pork?
Tax increases force taxpayers to forego household financial priorities of increasing importance to them Meanwhile, the additional revenue funds political priorities of ... Keep Reading
Rural-Urban Divide, Transageism, Voter ID, and the White House Press Room
Perhaps one key takeaway from the results of the 2018 midterms is the growing divide between rural and urban communities. With activists in some quarters making a push to eliminate ... Keep Reading