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Louisa Warren and Mandy Ableidinger
RALEIGH - With the economy crumbling, the Bush administration and Congress are hastily assembling an economic stimulus package in hopes of fending off a recession. The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a plan that centers on tax rebates, and the Senate is pulling together a slightly different plan.

Remember the Survivors of Katrina this Holiday Season

More Than 12,000 Homeless,

HUD Plans Demolition of an additional 4,600 Units of housing

There are more than 12,000 homeless in New Orleans living under bridges and in parks. Most were working and lived…

Action for Children's newest report discusses the latest scientific research on adolescent brain development, showing that while teenagers may physically resemble adults, neurologically, their brains are still developing and are extremely susceptible to environmental influences.  The report also finds that…

Here’s a release and chart on the soaring fundraising by NC Members of
Congress in the 2006 election:

"Members of Congress from North Carolina are raising four times as much
campaign money as they did a generation ago, even adjusting for inflation,
according…

WRAL recorded the question and answer session that took place during the Crucial Conversation Luncheon "Where do we go from here? The future of North Carolina’s transportation system."

Click here to see the video. 

Action for Children North Carolina and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine have released the2007 North Carolina Child Health Report Card, which demonstrates that while North Carolina’s efforts to ensure positive health outcomes for children and youth have shown improvement in…

A new report issued today by Action for Children North Carolina finds that North Carolina’s child welfare system has successfully responded to federal goals and measures, but more must be done to improve the system and to ensure the state’s foster…

The NC Budget & Tax Center’s analysis of the 2007-09 state budget finds that lawmakers spent this year’s surplus wisely, setting aside funds for savings, one-time capital expenses and a few large long-term program expansions like NC Kids’ Care and…

Click here to read the NC Budget & Tax Center’s briefing, Still Not Back: Six Years into a Recovery North Carolina’s Labor Market Limps Along. The report finds little has improved for working families during the six years of economic recovery,…

Click here for a PDF of the consultants report on North Carolina’s mental health reform.

Raleigh—Two of North Carolina’s leading sources for progressive public policy, the North Carolina Justice Center and North Carolina Policy Watch, announced today that they are joining forces.

“Our two organizations share the same guiding objective – to bring about social,…

The NC Budget and Tax Center has released a new issue brief:

Taxing Power: Exempting Select Industries from Energy Taxes Would Reduce Revenues, Be Unfair and Discourage Conservation

The BTC analysis shows that proposals to exempt certain industries from paying taxes on…

The NC Budget & Tax Center issued a new brief New Census Data: NC Taxes Moderate and Holding Steady. The report finds that North Carolina’s combined state and local taxes are below the national average.

The Senate plays a shell game by using $291 million in non-recurring funds to pay for recurring programs and by making the bogus claim that some recurring programs should be non-recurring. The NC Budget & Tax Center lays out all…

The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research released a major study of charter schools, concluding that their performance needs to improve before the state allows more across state. The Center’s research found that charter schools need to improve in…