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More on the new, shorter school year

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 9:30am

As last week’s edition of the Weekly Briefing reported, one of the sketchiest things to emerge from the closing hours of the 2012 legislative session, was an amendment inserted into this year’s “technical corrections” bill at the behest of the … Read More...

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Polls are open for today’s runoff elections – whether you know it or not

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 7:54am

Even with five statewide races on the ballot, voter turnout is expected to be very light – perhaps in the single digits – for today’s 2nd primary election.
Republicans will be deciding on their candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of … Read More...

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Phil Berger’s tweet-happy son

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 2:38pm

The worldwide explosion of social media like Facebook and Twitter in recent years gives rise to some interesting questions about what is and isn’t appropriate for politicians and other public servants who use these platforms while on the job.
On one level, it’s obviously no … Read More...

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Coble: The worst decision of the two year session…(video)

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 12:50pm

Still trying to make sense of the 2012 General Assembly?
The Executive Director of the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research joined us in studio last week to discuss the winners and losers following the contentious, short legislative session.
Ran … Read More...

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Rebate checks thanks to Affordable Care Act

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 12:40pm

Here is the first page of a letter sent to one of our North Carolina friends from WellPath explaining that the Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to spend a certain percentage of premiums on health care. (You can click … Read More...

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Fracking opponents heading to Washington for July 28 rally

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 12:15pm

The North Carolina chapter of the Sierra Club and several other state and national environmental organizations are teaming up for a “Stop the Frack Attack” rally and march on the west lawn of the Capitol in Washington, DC on Saturday …

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New batch of charter schools get interviews this week

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 11:14am

Thirty groups hoping to open charter schools in the state will be going before the Charter School Advisory Council this week in the interview round of the approval process.
More than 60 schools put applications in to the N.C. Department … Read More...

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A health care reality check

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 8:05am

In his excellent book, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans health care advocate Wendell Potter tells the story of how seeing average citizens standing in line for hours to receive … Read More...

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