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  • To be well-informed on public policies that affect you
  • To participate as a citizen in the public debate about key policy issues
  • To support one of the only independent, nonpartisan, state-level think tanks in the U.S.
  • To learn more about N.C. state government and state leaders
  • To learn what's going on in the N.C. legislature
  • To support government accountability and a watchdog on N.C. state government
  • To support evaluation of N.C. state government programs
  • To anticipate future issues facing North Carolina
  • To learn ways you can affect public policy
  • To support the Center's work and mission
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