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Ethics rules for fracking board? (includes list of new state energy board members)

Anonymous on August 10, 2012 - 4:03pm

The State Ethics Commission will likely wait until November to decide if members of the state’s new rule-making body for fracking will have to follow state ethics rules.
The delay comes as questions are being raised publicly by the environment … Read More...

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Medicare and Medicaid costs continue to rise slower than private insurance

Anonymous on August 10, 2012 - 11:52am

Paul Van de Water, one of the top budget wonks at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, has a worth-reading post at Off the Charts this morning.
“Medicare and Medicaid spending per beneficiary has grown less rapidly than costs for … Read More...

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DNC Chair says Nate Silver is wrong about North Carolina (Video)

Anonymous on August 10, 2012 - 9:40am

The Raleigh political world was buzzing this week about a post Tuesday night by Nate Silver of New York Times on his Five Thirty Eight blog about the presidential race in North Carolina.
Silver said that he thinks North Carolina … Read More...

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Top of the morning

Anonymous on August 10, 2012 - 8:54am

In case you forgot how ridiculously the General Assembly leadership gerrymandered the congressional and legislative district lines for their partisan advantage, WRAL-TV has a reminder.
Four years ago, there were 47 different ballot styles in Wake County, but redistricting that split … Read More...

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Colbert: Obamacare’s effect on pizza costs

Anonymous on August 9, 2012 - 11:59am

Colbert: We’ve found out the horrifying price of health care for everyone – it’s 14 cents extra for a Papa John’s pizza.… Read More...

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Some logic in the voter ID debate

Anonymous on August 9, 2012 - 11:05am

In case you missed it, Scott Mooneyham in his latest column provides a dose of reality amid all the paranoid right-wing rantings about voter fraud and the need for voter ID suppression laws.
Ironically, a group desperate to make the … Read More...

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Poverty summit set for Saturday in Rocky Mount

Anonymous on August 9, 2012 - 9:40am

Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and Democratic Vice President Joe Biden will be making stops across North Carolina next week, talking about their respective visions to move the country forward. Both sides might do well to pay attention to Saturday’s … Read More...

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Video Advocacy from Coast to Coast

Anonymous on August 8, 2012 - 2:56pm

Cross-posted from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families blog:
Editor’s Note: As many of you who attended our recent conference know, our friends at NC Justice Center have hit the road to promote the use of video advocacy … Read More...

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A glimpse of what school vouchers could bring?

Anonymous on August 8, 2012 - 1:02pm

Mother Jones had this list of things that students are learning in private schools in Louisiana that receive taxpayer-subsided vouchers. It’s been bouncing all over the Internet, but worth sharing.
Highlights include teachings that say most slave owners were kind, … Read More...

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New report highlights power of NC’s Latino voters

Anonymous on August 8, 2012 - 12:34pm

A new report by the good folks at Democracy North Carolina offers a snapshot of North Carolina’s registered Latino voters and the potential impact this voting bloc could have in this critical election year.
The report released Wednesday reveals that … Read More...

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