Monthly Archives: May 2008
Legislative Briefs
Advocates make case for Racial Justice Act
Closing the door to progress
Keeping families in their homes
Five simple, common sense tactics to control the state foreclosure mess
The national home mortgage foreclosure crisis continues mostly unabated. Here in North Carolina, the gavel will bang down on as many as 60,000 homes this year. Nationwide, the number may exceed two-million. Last month, we reported in this space about the ongoing battle in Washington and the apparent determination of the Bush Administration and some of its allies in Congress to stymie any meaningful reform proposals that might curb the tide. A month later the congressional logjam continues and it remains unclear what, if anything, congressional leaders will be able to accomplish this summer.
Gehrig’s disease, then …
Plan seeks space in prisons
A climate of violence against gay people
From one who knows: Most Latino students are a credit to this community
Realty company acts first
Human evidence of the need for justice
It’s too bad that every single member of the General Assembly who stands in front of television cameras clamoring for the state to resume executions wasn’t in the press room at the Legislative Building Tuesday afternoon. [Continue Reading...]
Is Now the Time to Stop the Transfer?
The 21st Century Transportation Committee and some legislators are seeking to take over $170 million from the General Fund by stopping the so-called transfer from the HighwayTrust Fund (HTF) going to the General Fund.A portion of the HTF is transferred to the General Fund every year as relief for the revenue gap created [Continue Reading...]
