Jetties arise as a budget issue
North Carolina would allow more terminal groins – jetties that protect barrier islands from erosion – if state senators get their way in the state budget. The move would be controversial, with... Read More
NC Spin Articles
House wants to combine all 2016 primaries on March15th
Lawmakers could be moving all of next year’s North Carolina’s primaries to March 15. The state House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-approved plan to hold only the presidential preference primary... Read More
McCrory: Local control in contrast with Senate teacher compromise
Gov. Pat McCrory reiterated Tuesday that he thinks local control is the best way to handle education funding decisions. In June, McCrory told a statewide confab of business and education leaders that... Read More
Hypocrisy and the state lottery
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, September 1, 2015. Funny how times change. A little more than 10 years ago, in a move that many still think less than above-board or even flat out dishonest, the... Read More
Will workforce fraud reforms be stopped short of the goal line?
Despite overwhelming bipartisan support, legislation to crack down on cheating employers has mysteriously stalled It may sound surprising coming from one of the North Carolina General Assembly’s... Read More
How the State Senate works
A handful of Senate leaders sit down in backrooms and make plans then come out of the rooms and a bill pops into a committee then they march over to the Senate Chamber and pass it in the blink of an... Read More
Fed up with politicians
As I move around the area, I find that many people are fed up with politicians who go to Washington, D.C., (or to Raleigh for that matter) and don’t do what they say they will do. And it really... Read More
As our labor force declines, we've got work to do
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 2, 2015. Economic reports can be real yawners, lists of numbers that are better sleep aids than action triggers. But we sleep through this one at our own... Read More
Good news! Now exploiting the poor smells like barbecue
by Jon Sanders, The Locker Room, September 1, 2015. As you may know, the poorest and most economically distressed counties have the highest ticket sales per adult of North Carolina Education... Read More
Cut this, go home: Taxpayer funding for Support Center
As budget negotiations for the long-overdue 2015 North Carolina state budget continue, the Civitas Institute would like to remind legislators and taxpayers about opportunities to save real money in... Read More
