/tags/civitas-institute Civitas Institute en-US Copyright Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:13:43 GMT /politics/2020-12-10/north-carolina-right-leaning-think-tanks-are-merging Two think tanks — both nurtured and sustained financially over the years by the family of longtime conservative political donor Art Pope — are merging.The… Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:13:43 GMT /politics/2020-12-10/north-carolina-right-leaning-think-tanks-are-merging Associated Press /education/2014-07-01/senate-ad-attacks-tillis-on-states-education-spending House Speaker Thom Tillis is the target of a new ad that criticizes the state legislature’s cuts to education.The Senate Majority PAC spent $800,000 on… Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:50:40 GMT /education/2014-07-01/senate-ad-attacks-tillis-on-states-education-spending Reema Khrais /politics/2014-03-07/conservative-think-tank-gets-unc-profs-email-records-says-he-used-tax-payer-money-for-politics Officials at the University of North Carolina have given a conservative think-tank hundreds of emails from a professor who has been an outspoken critic of… Sat, 08 Mar 2014 03:12:47 GMT /politics/2014-03-07/conservative-think-tank-gets-unc-profs-email-records-says-he-used-tax-payer-money-for-politics Jorge Valencia /politics/2013-12-06/tv-exchange-sparks-partisan-debate When NC NAACP President William Barber sparred with state budget director Art Pope about the state’s political policies, it made headlines. The exchange… Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:52:44 GMT /politics/2013-12-06/tv-exchange-sparks-partisan-debate Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2013-12-06/tv-exchange-sparks-partisan-debate When NC NAACP President William Barber sparred with state budget director Art Pope about the state’s political policies, it made headlines. The exchange… Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:52:44 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2013-12-06/tv-exchange-sparks-partisan-debate Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /politics/2013-06-21/civitas-moral-monday-arrestee-database-elicits-critical-responses The Civitas Institute posted an online database of Moral Monday/Witness Wednesday arrestees yesterday on its website, prompting a flood of responses and… Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:45:54 GMT /politics/2013-06-21/civitas-moral-monday-arrestee-database-elicits-critical-responses Laura Candler /business-economy/2013-06-04/groups-tackles-intractable-north-carolina-poverty-problem Gene Nichol, Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said on The State of Things today… Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:41:58 GMT /business-economy/2013-06-04/groups-tackles-intractable-north-carolina-poverty-problem Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2013-06-04/groups-tackles-intractable-north-carolina-poverty-problem Gene Nichol, Director of the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said on The State of Things today… Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:41:58 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2013-06-04/groups-tackles-intractable-north-carolina-poverty-problem Alex Granados, Frank Stasio