The Prison Home Leave program has been modified, according to the media, as of last week. While some people are resting better knowing that 15-20 of the offenders are no longer ... Keep Reading
Issues
DPI Defense of Common Core Is Mystifying – Part I
On June 13 the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released Common Core Demystified. The document was intended to quell what DPI regarded as confusion and stem the growing ... Keep Reading
Money Monday, Not Moral Monday
Liberal protesters at the General Assembly have been claiming they are acting in the name of morality, but a new Civitas study shows the role played by money – more than $100 ... Keep Reading
The True Conservative Response on Common Core
In a misnamed article, “Common Core is a conservative victory,” Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and ... Keep Reading
Common Core: What’s Next
Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/civins/nccivitas.org/wp-content/uploads/espresso/templates/event_post.php on line 60 Thursday November 14, 2013 - ... Keep Reading
‘Moral Mondays’ Getting Murkier
Let’s say you’re an ordinary citizen and you trespass on someone’s property. You come back the next day anyway. You get arrested again, and this time you’re charged with contempt. ... Keep Reading
Why North Carolina Needs a Voucher Bill
North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity. After spirited debate by participants on both sides of the aisle, last week members of the House Education Committee approved a bill ... Keep Reading
Civitas Institute President Calls for Investigation of Lobbyist Bob Hall and State Board of Election Staff
June 4, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.DeLuca@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – Today the President of the Civitas Institute, Francis De ... Keep Reading
The Right Move for the SBI
Reform of a state agency many have heard of but most know little about, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), is one of the provisions drawing attention in a ... Keep Reading
We Are All in the IRS’ Crosshairs Now
Maybe it was just a coincidence that after I started to work for "North Carolina's Conservative Voice" my income taxes were audited. Maybe. Maybe not. I'll never know one way or ... Keep Reading