North Carolinians are growing more outraged as they find out what the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is really doing to their finances and their ability to control their health care.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 2:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Civitas Institute has praised a U.S. Senate hopeful for signing a petition to halt the onset of Common Core educational standards in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The survey of 400 registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters was done Aug. 19-20. More than 26 percent of registered voters in the state are unaffiliated.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 7:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Common Core is a national effort, powered by private interests and the federal government, to impose untested academic content standards for English language arts and mathematics on all K-12 public schools across the nation.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 6:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new Civitas Flash Poll indicates that as the General Assembly's Long Session nears its close, voters have an ambivalent view of individuals and parties involved in North Carolina politics.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Senate Finance Committee today introduced a tax reform package that eliminates the corporate tax, lowers and flattens personal income taxes, and eliminates the sales tax on food.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2013 @ 3:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest Civitas Institute Poll shows North Carolina voters oppose having Washington set gun control policies.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While asking for each of these offices to investigate items under their respective jurisdictions in relation to the SBOE, De Luca also asked the new SBOE to conduct an internal review of its own staff's actions.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 @ 2:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest Civitas Poll shows more North Carolina voters voting against than supporting a proposed state constitutional amendment to repeal the requirement that voters must be able to read and write a section of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 @ 3:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest Civitas Poll suggests U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan could face serious competition in 2014
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2013 @ 9:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last month New York-based MetLife revealed it will be moving employees from Northeast locations to two campuses - one in Charlotte, one in Cary here in Wake County.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 6:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yesterday, I got my bill from Duke Energy Progress, or whatever it is this week. I sure was glad that by paying it I was helping out the beleaguered pig farmers of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 9:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Results from the Civitas Institute's latest poll show overwhelming opposition to North Carolina's program of taxpayer-funded political campaigns.
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 @ 12:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina registered voters' attitudes about key political leaders.
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A 2011 Civitas Poll showed North Carolina voters will likely support proposed legislation that would require welfare applicants and recipients to pass drug tests to receive benefits.
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 8:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina voters' views of state and national leaders.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 9:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Civitas Institute has released polling questions probing North Carolina voters' attitudes on issues dealing with voting and election integrity.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2013 @ 12:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A pro-growth tax reform including elimination of state personal and corporate income taxes has garnered significant attention in North Carolina over the last several weeks.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 @ 2:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's time for North Carolina and federal leaders to develop healthy skepticism about large-scale government-run pre-kindergarten education in schools - because there's mounting evidence that the programs do little or no good.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 @ 10:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Famed economist Arthur Laffer provided real-world economic solutions at the Civitas Institute's legislative training session recently in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The President of the Civitas Institute today called on attorney Al McSurely to retract a lie about Civitas he told at a press conference today.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of honor.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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James A. “Art” Pope has resigned from the boards of the Civitas Institute and Civitas Action, Robert L. Luddy, chairman of both organizations, announced today.
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2012 @ 2:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca has called out the head of the State Board of Elections for lying about the state's elections process.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Sept. 18 "Lunch and Learn: School Choice - the Road Ahead" highlighted wide public support for giving parents and students more choices in where they go to school.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:15 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Cook leads among Republican voters 86 percent to 11 percent. Unaffiliated voters, which make up 23 percent of voters in this district, are breaking to Cook by a 5-point margin, with 46 percent backing him, compared to 41 percent for the Democrat.
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2012 @ 8:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it's still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or more.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week Board Chairman Kevin Hill said he wanted to make sure the new school assignment plan includes an emphasis on diversity and healthy schools. Sound familiar?
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2012 @ 7:16 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Civitas Institute called for the American people to redouble their efforts to overthrow the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling today that upheld most of the law, putting the U.S. health care system largely under federal control.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 6:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tea Party gatherings April 14 in North Carolina showed that the movement is undergoing the necessary if sometimes difficult process of growing to meet further challenges.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Conservatives can win - but only if they understand that winning the debate means understanding that the real clash "is a moral fight, not an economic disagreement."
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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