Yesterday, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom filed a Petition for Discretionary Review with the North Carolina Supreme Court in the matter of Breedlove v. Warren. In ... Keep Reading
Archives for January 2016
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Politically speaking, our state - and the country as a whole - have just entered a brand new world - full of both threats and opportunity. Change will be the only constant over ... Keep Reading
Crony Gov’t Handouts a “Stick in the Eye”
This according to state Senator Andy Wells (R-Catawba). From the N&O A state senator from Hickory is denouncing as a political “poke in the eye with a stick” a promise of ... Keep Reading
Is NC Road Bond Idea Slightly Alive?
You probably remember that classic line from "The Princess Bride:" "It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and ... Keep Reading
December 2015 Civitas Newspaper
This edition reviewed 2015, looked at the real costs of "free" federal money, school choice, education saving accounts, who might be using which school locker rooms, what college ... Keep Reading
Just the Facts, Ma’am, on UNC
By Jenna A. Robinson The UNC system likes to boast that it is “one of the strongest and most successful systems of public higher education in the nation.” And in the eyes of ... Keep Reading
Ignore the Doomsayers about UNC’s Spellings
By Jenna A. Robinson In late October, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina announced that Margaret Spellings, Secretary of the Department of Education under ... Keep Reading