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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.
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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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Roundup: All 50 States Stand Up to Defend Affordable Care Act

Charles Monaco on January 17, 2012 - 9:07am

As conservative state Attorneys General prepare to take their efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act all the way to Supreme Court arguments this spring, an outpouring of support for the health law from state legislators last week made it clear that those seeking to scuttle health reform are not the only ones speaking for the states. Over 500 state legislators representing all 50 states signed on to an Amicus Brief backing the constitutionality of the mimimum coverage provision of the law that was submitted to the Supreme Court last week, a broad show of support for the ACA coming at the beginning of both a pivotal election year and new legislative sessions which will see many lawmakers address the implementation of state exchanges provided for under the law. In addition to the filing of the Amicus Brief, legislators in a number of states held press conferences last week to highlight why they are standing up for the health law. Here are some state-by-state highlights of the coverage of both the brief and of the events held in state capitals across the nation last week.

Democracy NC's overview of NC's youth pre-registration bill

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 3:20pm

NC passed HB 1230, a youth pre-registration bill, in 2009. This overview takes a comprehensive look at the benefits to civics education and involvement and explains how the new law will be implemented.

Right-Wing Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Economically-Damaging Budget Bill

Altaf Rahamatulla on June 16, 2011 - 2:43pm

Labeling conservative lawmakers' fiscal priorities as a harbinger of "generational damage," North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed the Republican-dominated Legislature's $19.7 billion budget proposal this past week. The Governor became the first in state history to veto a budget bill, finding that the Legislature's proposal "ignores the values of North Carolina’s people." Right-wing state legislators, deciding against extending a temporary one cent sales tax, opted for heinous cuts to several important areas, most notably, health care and K-12 and higher education. Assessing the potential economic impact of such extensive and damaging reductions to essential public programs, the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center concludes that the budget would have extremely deleterious repercussions on the state's economic well-being and prospects for recovery. So much so, that the cuts would lead to the loss of 32,022 jobs, $1.3 billion in lost wages for workers, and $2.8 billion in foregone industry output.