North Carolina families need educational options as much right now as ever, if not more.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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That's the point Ira Stoll seems to argue in a recent blog post in Education Next.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Court-packing is one of the biggest issues of this election cycle in the presidential race (and U.S. Senate elections). Undoubtedly, it would be an even bigger issue if not for Covid-19 and the overall craziness infecting so much of 2020.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2020 @ 8:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Judge William Osteen Jr. of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued two orders on the evening of October 14 in the ongoing dispute.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 8:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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By now most people are aware of Cal Cunningham’s July tryst with Arlene Guzman Todd in the Cunningham home while his family was away.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 10:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina progressive liberal groups and politicians have for years criticized the past decade of conservative tax cuts as being only “for big corporations and the rich.”
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 1:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Here is data from the fourth week since that start of voting in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 9:39 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In the final days of September, protests in Raleigh turned destructive as downtown businesses and government buildings suffered multiple nights of window-breaking and property damage.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 @ 11:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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While the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have officially been around since 1982, only recently have they emerged as a growing movement in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2020 @ 4:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A declaration authored by three top epidemiologists and signed by thousands of medical and public health scientists proclaims that lockdown orders like Gov. Cooper’s are causing more harm than good, and should be replaced by a more focused and sensible strategy.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Coronavirus has exposed the problems our public schools are having in meeting the educational needs of a diverse population. Many of these problems are rooted in the way we fund our schools.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The necessity for education choice and flexibility has proven monumentally important in a world where economic competition is global and pandemics can disrupt school and work life with jarring immediacy.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 10:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The coronavirus has statistically been found to have very little impact on children. But the lockdowns have been especially cruel to our youth.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 5:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The left-wing group Progress NC describes itself as “a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to informing voters of key public policy issues through traditional news media, online engagement, and hands-on communications trainings.”
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democratic politicians and left-leaning political groups have put on full battle array and are ready to launch a cacophonous assault on President Donald Trump’s United States Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 @ 2:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last night, I wrote how it was incredible that the State Board of Elections (SBE) appointed SBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell to negotiate a settlement to a lawsuit on absentee ballots and other election rules
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The State Board of Education has tapped the brakes on the revision of state social studies standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Civitas Institute filed public records requests with North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director, Karen Brinson Bell, Chairman Damon Circosta, and Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While many experts expect President Donald Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett or Barbara Lagoa to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Allison Jones Rushing is a dark horse candidate who hails from North Carolina.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 8:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Did you know that North Carolina gives away your tax money to Hollywood?
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 3:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Over the last decade the number of education options available to North Carolina parents has grown significantly.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 3:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In an August 30 report, NBC’s Meet the Press claimed that Democrats had an advantage in voter registrations in North Carolina compared to 2016
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 9:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On September 17, 1787, the American founders signed the U.S. Constitution. The greatest strength of our Bill of Rights and Constitution is that it places limits on government.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 7:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The progressive left in North Carolina has for years attempted to paint a narrative that the conservative tax reforms over the last several years have starved state government of funding, and have left budgets “cut to the bone.”
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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With school districts shutdown everywhere because of the covid-19 pandemic, "When will our schools rep-open again?" Is a question that on everyone’s minds all across this country.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A simple Google search of “shy Trump voters” produces a wealth of content either denouncing or defending the theory.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 @ 7:16 am
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Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen claim to be following the “science and data,” while ignoring the data about the negative consequences of their shutdown orders
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 7:47 am
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News reports now confirm what many suspected: legislation approved and signed by Gov. Cooper last week entitled “Championship NC Act” (HB 807) will dole out millions of taxpayer dollars to the United States Golf Association (USGA) to build a second headquarters in Pinehurst.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 6:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s 2020 general election began on September 4, when thousands of absentee ballots were sent to voters. Thirty-two ballots (from military or overseas voters) were returned and accepted that same day.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 5:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Violent scenes of anarchy in cities like Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon, and the nation’s capital are a reminder that police have dangerous and difficult jobs.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 7:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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How does one draw attention to the alarming crime surge in Charlotte given a daily barrage of Covid-19 and political news?
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2020 @ 6:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Contained within the FY 2020-21 spending plan released by Gov. Cooper this week is a section outlining how he’d like the state to spend nearly $1 billion of unspent federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 1:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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School is supposed to be a place where students learn democratic values and how to contribute to society.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:58 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While we are not sure how many people will vote absentee in North Carolina this year, we do know that it will likely be several times larger than in any previous election.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 11:43 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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