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Virgin Islands Democrat Rep. Stacey Plaskett threatened independent journalist Matt Taibbi with up to five years of prison for an alleged perjury charge over his “Twitter Files” testimony in front of Congress last month, citing an error in a tweet that he has since deleted.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 10:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden made numerous false or misleading statements during his opening remarks in his State of the Union address Tuesday evening.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 4:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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A popular article claiming to show mental health benefits from “gender-affirming” care has been updated by the publisher after it was shown to contain distortions and misleading information.
Published: Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 @ 10:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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While abortion and the economy are anticipated drivers in the 2022 midterm elections, children’s unmitigated access to irreversible medical transition has emerged as a critical issue leading voters to the ballot box.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 @ 9:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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covid shots could me required
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 @ 7:35 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The left-wing group Progress NC describes itself as “a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to informing voters of key public policy issues through traditional news media, online engagement, and hands-on communications trainings.”
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would change the state constitution to lower the cap on the income tax rate is scheduled for consideration by the House Rules committee today
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week saw Senator Burr make several campaign stops in different parts of the state, laying out his vision for the future of North Carolina and what it will take to get there.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 9:54 pm
By: Russell Allen
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One day after Deborah Ross said she was being a good lobbyist when she fought against the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry, WBTV released a detailed fact check that ruled Ross did in fact oppose the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:45 am
By: Russell Allen
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The Department of Education recently proposed new regulations to punish colleges that attract students with misleading claims.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2016 @ 11:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Likely North Carolina voters overwhelmingly favor a measure to restrain the growth rate of state spending. According to the April 2011 Civitas Institute poll, 67 percent of respondents support the ideas contained in HB 188 - which would limit the growth rate of the state budget to a formula based...
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"Never let a crisis go to waste," advised Rahm Emanuel when he served as President Obama's chief of staff. And politicians can take advantage of a perceived crisis just as well as a real one.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reform is once again under attack, and once again the critics are using misleading claims and false narratives to deceive the public.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Every few years, The College Board releases a report entitled Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society. It had not done so since 2010, until the latest version. These reports have a perfectly consistent message, namely that college education is all good. It...
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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There they go again: The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) continues to pump out misleading claims about Civitas and the state's public school system.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 @ 9:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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