Republicans were caught off guard by the response to the so-called religious freedom bills in Indiana and Arkansas. Businesses, large corporations in particular, rebuked leaders for supporting the... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 18, 2015. In 2013, a 19-year-old student beat Dudley High School math teacher Wole Ajala to within inches of his life. After being expelled for removing her... Read More
Most of you are probably familiar with the Civitas Institute's Bad Bill of the Week series. Fortunately, this week also saw the focus turn to two good bills that would help lower utility bills and... Read More
State House education leaders want to find a way to attract high school students and working professionals to teaching careers at a time when interest in the profession is dropping. They are proposing... Read More
A recent poll about North Carolina residents' opinions about public records and access to government information yielded disturbing results. It came from Elon University and was released before... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 17, 2017. Twenty years ago, the state Supreme Court gave Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. a daunting challenge. He's still wrestling with it. Manning's... Read More
House lawmakers voted 71-28 Thursday to make the Rev. Billy Graham the state's next representative in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol, replacing a statue of former Gov. Charles Aycock. But the... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 15, 2015. A lot of new ideas are floating around Raleigh these days. Unfortunately, some of them are just plain lousy. Case in point: A bill in the General... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, April 10, 2015. In recent weeks, McCrory has come out against several initiatives by fellow Republicans in the General Assembly. We’ll grant it’s a good move... Read More
Tax Day 2015 didn’t exactly turn out like state legislative leaders had planned. Instead of a flurry of news stories featuring people thrilled to find out that they are paying less in state taxes... Read More
