Archive for October, 2007
Panel to look at road woes
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Cork your bubbly; it’s just $75 million
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007In for a tune-up
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Tax increase not a given solution, chairman says
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Not just another road study? Prove it
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Monday news on mass transit and capital punishment
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Anti-government forces off the track in Charlotte
Voters in Charlotte head to the polls next Tuesday to determine the fate of light rail in the city and it doesn’t look good for the market fundamentalists who oppose it. They are waging…
President Bush to displaced and unemployed workers: “Get a job”
Monday, October 29th, 2007The administration gives the “SCHIP treatment” to Trade Adjustment Assistance and unemployment insurance
By Rob Schofield
Quick take:
- Two of the most important public safety nets for workers displaced by outsourcing and the rapid, ongoing shifts in the American and North Carolina economies are the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance programs.
- Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington gave bi-partisan approval to a measure that would upgrade and modernize both programs.
- A recent Bush Administration letter, however, appears to confirm that the President will subject the legislation to the same extreme approach he has taken on children’s health insurance. As with SCHIP is appears that some North Carolina legislators will go along for the ride.
The NCACC on proposed tax increases and growth
Monday, October 29th, 2007
The 13th Annual NC Children’s Health Report Card
Monday, October 29th, 2007Needed: A Transit Tax ‘Surge’
Monday, October 29th, 2007Goodyear blimp
Monday, October 29th, 2007
