The coming political year: What will happen? What should happen? It looks like 2012 is going to be one heck of a year in North Carolina politics and public policy — maybe one for the ages. Between the General Assembly’s “midnight madness” fiasco, other special legislative sessions, a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to [Continue Reading...]
The coming political year: What will happen? What should happen? It looks like 2012 is going to be one heck of a year in North Carolina politics and public policy — maybe one for the ages. Between the General Assembly’s “midnight madness” fiasco, other special legislative sessions, a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to [Continue Reading...]
What a year of conservative control has meant to the North Carolina General Assembly. On Monday December 12 NC Policy Watch staffers Chris Fitzsimon and Rob Schofield will be in western North Carolina for two special Crucial Conversations — a lunch event in Asheville and an evening event in Boone. Chris Fitzsimon is the Director [Continue Reading...]
“What would the marriage discrimination amendment really mean for North Carolina?” Next May, North Carolina voters are scheduled to go to the polls to vote on one of the most important and controversial constitutional amendments to ever be placed on a state ballot. The proposed marriage amendment states that “Marriage between one man [Continue Reading...]
What a year of conservative control has meant to the North Carolina General Assembly. What the heck is going on in Raleigh? Why does it seem that state legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished during the 20th Century? Recently, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives went [Continue Reading...]
“What would the marriage discrimination amendment really mean for North Carolina?” Next May, North Carolina voters are scheduled to go to the polls to vote on one of the most important and controversial constitutional amendments to ever be placed on a state ballot. The proposed marriage amendment states that “Marriage between one man and one [Continue Reading...]
“Fracking: Do we really want it in North Carolina?” Not too long ago, few North Carolinians had ever heard of “fracking” – the name given to the process of hydraulic drilling for natural gas in shale formations. Now after a blitz of publicity and legislative proposals, fracking is being touted by proponents as some [Continue Reading...]
Divide and conquer? What a year of conservative control has meant to the North Carolina General Assembly. What the heck is going on in Raleigh? Why does it seem that state legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished during the 20th Century? Recently, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of [Continue Reading...]
“Fracking: Do we really want it in North Carolina?” Not too long ago, few North Carolinians had ever heard of “fracking” – the name given to the process of hydraulic drilling for natural gas in shale formations. Now after a blitz of publicity and legislative proposals, fracking is being touted by proponents as some kind [Continue Reading...]
Divide and conquer? What a year of conservative control has meant for the North Carolina General Assembly. What the heck is going on in Raleigh? Why does it seem that state legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished during the 20th Century? Recently, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives [Continue Reading...]
Divide and conquer? What a year of conservative control has meant for the North Carolina General Assembly. What the heck is going on in Raleigh? Why does it seem that state legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished during the 20th Century? Recently, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives [Continue Reading...]
“No more excuses: Building a lawful, 21st Century system for serving people with mental illness.” Federal law has long commanded the states to deinstitutionalize persons with mental illness; it’s illegal to use federal money to gather up such individuals and lock them away in big hospitals as was the favored practice during the last century. [Continue Reading...]
“Economic development subsidies: What the record at home and abroad tells us about spending public dollars to grow private business.” A lot of people think they understand what works and what doesn’t in the field of economic incentives. Professor Kenneth Thomas of the University of Missouri at St. Louis is one of those [Continue Reading...]
The new national health care law: A look at how businesses and individuals are already benefiting and a preview of the big changes that are still to come. Do you think you really understand the new national health care law? If you’re like most people and could stand to gain a better grasp of [Continue Reading...]
The new national health care law: A look at how businesses and individuals are already benefiting and a preview of the big changes that are still to come. Do you think you really understand the new national health care law? If you’re like most people and could stand to gain a better grasp [Continue Reading...]
