Archive for March, 2009

Remember the budget?

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

It’s been exactly two weeks since Governor Beverly Perdue delivered her budget to the General Assembly and the Senate is now working on its spending plan, though you’d never know it looking at the legislative calendar.

Off to a disappointing start

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Kay Hagan seems to be confirming the fears of progressives who doubted her

Quick take: Last Saturday at Elon University, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan launched an ill-conceived and inaccurate attack on President Obama’s proposed budget. Her claim that proposed federal budget deficits might warrant a “no” vote are indicative of an elected leader who has either: a) a distressingly shallow grasp of economic policy, b) little real commitment to progressive policy change, or c) both.

A plan to balance the budget

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009


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Report: Mental-health basics unsettled

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

$22 million spent on lobbying N.C. legislators, public in 2007

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Hospitals vary in treatment choices

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

Health help: Safety net providers assist the uninsured and jobless

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

NC governor announces searchable database online

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Sec. of State Marshall and Lawmakers to Promote Women’s Agenda

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Bowles: UNC campus layoffs to start

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Kinston Free Press

Flailing against diversity

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The Wake County School Board is scheduled to vote this week on its request for next year’s budget, prompting more sharp and misleading criticism from opponents of the system’s student assignment policy.

The arrogance of Blue Cross

Monday, March 30th, 2009


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No emails

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Editoral cartoon

Report said N.C. could lose race teams

Monday, March 30th, 2009

That’s Racin

Easley friends with Hendrick

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer