A recent news release by the State Treasurer’s office reported that the $83 billion Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System is outperforming its benchmark. The release claimed that the... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, December 17, 2013. The Associated Press surveyed more than three dozen economists to find out what most shopkeepers could have told it: The richer getting richer doesn... Read More
A joint legislative committee charged with scrutinizing the new Common Core standards used in North Carolina schools for math and English held its first meeting Tuesday and the talk quickly turned to... Read More
Press release by Democracy North Carolina, December 17, 2013. Despite North Carolina’s continued population growth, the major political parties are losing thousands of members from their peak five... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 18, 2013. If a University of North Carolina law professor uses a state email account to discuss political issues, the correspondence is a public record... Read More
As the costly implementation of the perversely named Affordable Care Act continues to baffle, disappoint, and enrage the public, a collection of government vendors and left-wing groups has settled on... Read More
Over the last two years, the changes made to public education in North Carolina by the Republican-controlled legislature have been as significant as any in the last 30 years. Not surprisingly, the two... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 17, 2013. Today marks the 110th anniversary of the first manned, powered flight, which took place at Kitty Hawk. Orville and Wilbur Wright are acclaimed... Read More
Civitas Institute President Francis X. De Luca has released the following statement in response to the “open letter” sent to Gov. Pat McCrory and state budget director Art Pope. The letter is... Read More
North Carolina could have the most expensive Senate race in the nation in 2014, Roll Call said in a report Monday on the key races Republicans need to win a Senate majority. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan... Read More
