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Toxic Agenda – Elections in Crisis, Part I examined how the Left, through the help of the North Carolina legislature, created an election system that ultimately favored Democrats for decades.... KEEP READING
If the end result is more social control by politicians and bureaucrats, logical consistency is not only unnecessary but frowned upon by the Left. KEEP READING
Blacks comprise 25 percent of public school enrollment; only 14 percent of public school teachers are black Reasons for the shortage of minority teachers are rooted in a variety of... KEEP READING
There is perhaps no other policy and legal area that exposes the Left’s toxic agenda more than election laws and voting procedures. As North Carolina’s political-Left continues its march toward... KEEP READING
NC Vote Tracker is now tracking early voting for the 2018 Primary. Today is the first day of in-person early voting (we’ll see those numbers tomorrow), but mail-in ballots have... KEEP READING
Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2018 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined. KEEP READING
The cover story of the April issue of NC Capitol Connection focuses on our new Toxic Agenda campaign. KEEP READING
It didn’t receive a lot of publicity, when it happened, so it’s worth mentioning again. Last week the UNC Chapel Hill Faculty Council voted to adopt the “Chicago Principles” to... KEEP READING
Learn the facts about important state legislation with Civitas’ Public Policy Series. Packed with data and historical references, these guides capture the important details of NC policy dating back to 1985.
The cover story for the April issue adds more information and context to our Toxic Agenda campaign at Civitas. Some of the other content in this issue includes a piece about ... Keep Reading
Toxic Agenda – Elections in Crisis, Part I examined how the Left, through the help of the North Carolina legislature, created an election system that ultimately favored Democrats ... Keep Reading
When you tax something, you get less of it. When you subsidize something, you get more of it The Left recognizes this – but only selectively The Left’s goal isn’t logical ... Keep Reading
Blacks comprise 25 percent of public school enrollment; only 14 percent of public school teachers are black Reasons for the shortage of minority teachers are rooted in a variety ... Keep Reading
There is perhaps no other policy and legal area that exposes the Left’s toxic agenda more than election laws and voting procedures. As North Carolina’s political-Left continues ... Keep Reading
NC tracks and reports data through a yearly Teacher Attrition Report. Varied frustrations drive good teachers to leave the profession. State and local policy makers can take ... Keep Reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH – Today the Civitas Institute announced the launch of an ongoing series of articles devoted to exposing proposed policies and programs that ... Keep Reading
RALEIGH – Today the Civitas Institute released a poll that finds Walter Jones, incumbent in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, with a 9 point lead over Scott Dacey, ... Keep Reading
By Patrick O’Hannigan Jeff Bezos is not Victor Frankenstein, striving to animate a monster in his laboratory. That said, local leaders doing a happy dance over the idea that his ... Keep Reading
In early December 2017, as Congress was debating changes to the nation’s tax code, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) gave one of the more hyperbolic ... Keep Reading
