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U.S. House approves bill to boost minimum wage to $15 per hour

By Robin Bravender
7/18/2019

The U.S. House on Thursday voted to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025.  The measure has little chance of being enacted by the GOP-led Senate, but will be widely touted by Democrats heading into the 2020 campaign season. The current federal minimum wage is less than half of that amount -- it has been stalled at $7.25 since 2009. This month marked a record for the longest period without raising the minimum wage since it was enacted.

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Back to the future? Advocates worry NC’s new drug distribution law is a return to failed policies of the past

Back to the future? Advocates worry NC’s new drug distribution law is a return to failed policies of the past

By Joe Killian
7/17/2019
Controversial ex-DEQ chief Donald van der Vaart nominated to Environmental Management Commission

Controversial ex-DEQ chief Donald van der Vaart nominated to Environmental Management Commission

By Lisa Sorg
7/16/2019
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The big scam: Why North Carolina should dump virtual charter schools

By Billy Ball
7/18/2019

Linger long enough in Raleigh’s legislative lagoon and you’ll find there are three kinds of lawmakers: The pragmatists: Take a photo if you spy one of these. Theirs is an isolated, lonely caucus, and their agenda is a more nebulous sort. Find the logic, find the rationale for a proposal and you may have an ally here.

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Republican legislative leaders could end the Common Cause gerrymandering lawsuit tomorrow

Republican legislative leaders could end the Common Cause gerrymandering lawsuit tomorrow

By Rob Schofield
7/17/2019
Monday Numbers: Don’t be fooled by the raw numbers. ICE is seizing more undocumented immigrants without criminal records.

Monday Numbers: Don’t be fooled by the raw numbers. ICE is seizing more undocumented immigrants without criminal records.

By Billy Ball
7/15/2019
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