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Every weekday, NC Newsline editor and veteran North Carolina policy observer Rob Schofield offers a 60-second take on the key policy issues that impact North Carolinians.
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The market won’t solve North Carolina’s chronic affordable housing shortage
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When it comes to prioritizing tax cuts over human rights, few do it better than the NC legislature
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Any real and long-term solution will require buy-in from budget writers in the state legislature. (Photo of NC General Assembly by Clayton Henkel) The post When it comes to prioritizing tax cuts over human rights, few do it better than the NC legislature appeared first on NC Newsline.
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When it comes to prioritizing tax cuts over human rights, few do it better than the NC legislature
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Closing the gun show loophole once and for all
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Closing the gun show loophole once and for all
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Potential buyers try out guns which are displayed on an exhibitor’s table during the Nation’s Gun Show on Nov. 18, 2016 at Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The post Closing the gun show loophole once and for all appeared first on NC Newsline.
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U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee on her recent trip to Israel, Ukraine aid, abortion rights and more
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North Carolina Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) joins NC Newsline’s Rob Schofield to discuss the latest developments in Congress, including a controversial trip to Israel, the possibility of more aid for Ukraine, abortion rights, and the IMPACT Act. The post U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee on her recent trip to Israel, Ukraine aid, abortion rights a…
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NCAE president Tamika Walker Kelly on what’s causing our state’s high teacher attrition rate
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As several news stories have reported in recent weeks, North Carolina public schools have been enduring a sizable and troubling exodus. Education officials disclosed that the state experienced a teacher attrition rate of 11.5% between March 2022 and March 2023. That means that more than 10,000 of the state’s teachers left the profession in that tim…
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North Carolina’s impending crisis in the childcare system with Janet Singerman and Rhonda Rivers
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As is the case in most of the U.S., North Carolina’s childcare system is not what it should be. Across the state, thousands of childcare providers operate in almost perpetual crisis – a crisis in which barely-making-it schools employ overworked and grievously underpaid teachers to serve stressed-out parents who have enormous difficulty finding qual…
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Simple, free online tax filing is a no-brainer
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Simple, free online tax filing is a no-brainer
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The IRS estimates that 19 million taxpayers are eligible to use a new Direct File program in advance of the April 15 tax filing deadline. (Photo of 1040 form by Getty Images) The post Simple, free online tax filing is a no-brainer appeared first on NC Newsline.
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Attorney General Stein solves a vexing problem
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Attorney General Stein solves a vexing problem
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NC Attorney General Josh Stein announces that the backlog of untested rape kits has been cleared. (Photo: Office of the NC Attorney General) The post Attorney General Stein solves a vexing problem appeared first on NC Newsline.
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EPA action to regulate PFAS is a welcome start to a long and essential process
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The Environmental Protection Agency is establishing drinking water standards for six types of toxic substances known as PFAS. (Photo: Getty Images) The post EPA action to regulate PFAS is a welcome start to a long and essential process appeared first on NC Newsline.
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EPA action to regulate PFAS is a welcome start to a long and essential process
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State legislature must address impending ‘childcare cliff’
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State legislature must address impending ‘childcare cliff’
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“Because we said so”: GOP disenfranchises hundreds of NC voters for no reason
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“Because we said so”: GOP disenfranchises hundreds of NC voters for no reason
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Without the three-day grace period, ballots arriving after election day are no longer counted in North Carolina. (Photo: Getty Images) The post “Because we said so”: GOP disenfranchises hundreds of NC voters for no reason appeared first on NC Newsline.
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Ann Webb of Common Cause NC on how the end of the three-day grace period is disenfranchising voters
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In 2009, as voting by mail, became more and more a part of North Carolina elections, lawmakers of both parties unanimously agreed that mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day would still be counted if they arrived at county boards of elections within three days afterward. Under a new law passed by Republican majorities at the North Carolina legis…
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Ardis Watkins of the State Employees Association of NC on staggering vacancy rates in key agencies
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As a growing list of reports has documented in recent months, several North Carolina state government agencies are struggling mightily to recruit and retain employees. The Department of Health and Human services reports a 25% vacancy rate and in some prisons, the numbers are even higher than that. And not surprisingly, these kinds of worker shortag…
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Reporter Casey Quinlan on why many Americans are worried about the economy during record strength
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By just about any key measure, the U.S. economy is in remarkably good shape. Jobs are plentiful, wages are up, inflation has leveled off and by all indications, we’ve avoided the recession that some analysts had feared was looming. That said, things are far from perfect. High prices for essentials like housing and food continue to have a big and ne…
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Attacks on DEI beg the question: “Who’s kidding who?”
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Attacks on DEI beg the question: “Who’s kidding who?”
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Responsible Republicans should call out loony claims about immigrants and voting
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Responsible Republicans should call out loony claims about immigrants and voting
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The legislature’s willful ignorance regarding state hospital and prison staffing shortages
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The legislature’s willful ignorance regarding state hospital and prison staffing shortages
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The imperative need to protect reproductive health privacy
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Left to right: North Carolina Democratic Congresswomen Valerie Foushee, Kathy Manning, Deborah Ross and Alma Adams - Photo: House.gov The post The imperative need to protect reproductive health privacy appeared first on NC Newsline.
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The imperative need to protect reproductive health privacy
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Failure to protect our wetlands is a shortsighted decision
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Failure to protect our wetlands is a shortsighted decision
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