Archive for May, 2008
Legislative Briefs
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Advocates make case for Racial Justice Act
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Closing the door to progress
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Keeping families in their homes
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Five 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 …
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Plan seeks space in prisons
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008A climate of violence against gay people
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008From one who knows: Most Latino students are a credit to this community
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Realty company acts first
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Human evidence of the need for justice
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008It’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.
Is Now the Time to Stop the Transfer?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008The 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 by 1989 legislation that established the HTF - legislation which re-routed carsales-tax revenue from the General Fund to the HTF.
