The Civitas Institute released its latest poll numbers at a luncheon last week showing Gov. Roy Cooper’s favorability below 50 percent for the first time since beginning polling the new governor’s... Read More
The Board of Governors is not just pushing the Right’s agenda, it’s intentionally withholding information from the public [Note: This story has been updated — see below.] That there is a war... Read More
by Brian Balfour, Civitas Institute, October 31, 2017. As reported by the N&O today, the State Treasurer’s office this week released updated figures for the state retiree pension fund and health... Read More
If you want to get an idea of what the 2018 election cycle will look like, check out the races in Virginia. It’s not pretty. Both sides are using ugly racial and cultural stereotypes to gin up their... Read More
Just when you thought North Carolina had moved on from debating bathrooms, House Bill 2 is back in the headlines thanks to a surprise move by Gov. Roy Cooper. Cooper wants to resolve a lawsuit brought... Read More
Connecticut legislators made headlines last year when they introduced a bill to tax revenue-generating college and university property. The bill was crafted to help New Haven, where Yale University is... Read More
The bottom has fallen out of the Republican Party.” So wrote Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram columnist Cynthia Allen last week. “Well,” she continued, “not the bottom exactly. More like the... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 3, 2017. The recent ugly act of hanging a paper noose in a school restroom was compounded by being recorded on a video that circulated on social media... Read More
During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive... Read More
The major American political parties are in crisis. The proportion of American voters who register as independents has reached 40 percent, rising about 10 percentage points since 2000. A few... Read More
