The General Assembly will consider a $5 billion transportation bond next session if House Majority Leader Hugh Holliman gets his way. Holliman wants as much as $450 million of the bond to pay to replace the bridge over the Yadkin River.
In an election year about change, gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory wants to sell you on a radical new health care system for the state. Unfortunately, his proposals will lead to more North Carolinians joining the ranks of the underinsured and will sharpen the financial insecurity of middle class families.
There could be an unexpected benefit from the Congressional debate and public outrage about the Bush Administration’s $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, a new understanding of the extent of support for corporate welfare among policymakers at the state and national levels.
NC Policy Watch with Fitzsimon & Schofield archives for September, 2008.
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