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Conservatives seeking inspiration, guidance, and perhaps a few words of caution can find all that in "Conservative Heroes," the latest book from Raleigh businessman and author Garland S. Tucker III.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 4:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows that an overwhelming majority of North Carolina Unaffiliated voters support an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution which would require a vote of two-thirds majority of both houses of the state legislature to...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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 the budget - which will enable negotiators to come to an agreement once and for all.
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 2:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows Gov. Pat McCrory trailing Attorney General Roy Cooper in a hypothetical gubernatorial race.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 12:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill - if the General Assembly continues the state's "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard" (REPS) and renewable energy tax credit policies.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It is indeed time to rethink a relic of the South's legacy of racism - progressivism.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On a mild, overcast June 5 in Raleigh, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stepped up to the microphone in the garden of a private home. He was there to discuss what he had done in Wisconsin, and, implicitly, what he could do for the nation.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 10:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The most recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters compared their current views with the positions of voters in May 2005, when Civitas took its first poll.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 11:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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An open letter from Mike Adams: Dear University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors (BOG)...
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 12:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A few days a week, I ride a Triangle Transit 301 bus to and from the palatial Civitas HQ in the Warehouse District of Raleigh. But even as a transit rider, my blood runs cold when I hear government planners are plotting ways to bring throw taxpayers' money at light-rail systems and commuter rail...
Published: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 @ 1:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Civitas Action has released its annual Conservative Effectiveness Ranking of North Carolina state lawmakers for the 2013 legislative session. Scores suggest that the Senate was more conservative than the House last year, with more than half of the Senate members earning an "A", while no House...
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 4:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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