New Bills Edition: Attack on Workers Comp by New Bill H 709/S 544 misnamed Protect and Put NC Back to Work. [...]
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April 20th, 2011 |  Topics: children & youth, criminal justice, economic justice, environment, gambling, good government, gun violence, health, housing, job loss, mental health, public education, substance abuse |  Category: Raleigh Report |  Leave a comment
Budget Edition: Last week the chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittees started revealing their plans for the 2011-13 budget. Not surprisingly, their plans differ in significant ways from the budget proposed by Governor Perdue. The most important difference is that the House leaders will not approve the continuation of any of the emergency tax increases enacted in 2009. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – April 18, 2011 April 20th, 2011 | Topics: economic justice, good government, health, job loss, public education, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
The drumbeat of bad bills continues. Suffice it to say that it’s a tough year for those of us who have advocated for public policy decisions promoting social justice, protecting vulnerable people, and caring for God’s creation. We can’t respond to every bad idea or bad bill. On many of these issues, we feel like we are butting our heads against a wall. Our tendency may be to throw up our hands in despair. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – April 4, 2011 April 4th, 2011 | Topics: children & youth, environment, equality & reconciliation, farmworkers, GLBT, good government, gun violence, health, healthcare reform, immigration, people with disabilities, rural life | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
New bills on the budget, care of creation, criminal justice, election and campaign law, gambling, guns, health and health care, immigration, mental health, developmental disabilities, substance abuse services, public eduction, and taxes. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – March 21, 2011 March 23rd, 2011 | Topics: criminal justice, death penalty, environment, farmworkers, gambling, good government, gun violence, health, healthcare reform, immigration, mental health, people with disabilities, public education, substance abuse | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
Governor Bev Perdue on Saturday vetoed H 2, the misnamed “Protect Health Care Freedom” bill. (It should be called the “Freedom to be Uninsured and Unable to Get Health Care” bill.) The bill was an attack on federal health care reform and purported to remove North Carolinians from the mandated purchase of health insurance, which is the basis of federal reform which will move millions of uninsured Americans into the ranks of the insured. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – March 7, 2011 March 17th, 2011 | Topics: children & youth, farmworkers, gambling, good government, gun violence, health, healthcare reform, immigration, public education, rural life, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
Health Benefit Exchange Bills Introduced; Other New Bills; Updates on already introduced bills. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – February 18, 2011 February 22nd, 2011 | Topics: environment, good government, gun violence, health, healthcare reform | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
Bills needing immediate attention; Updates on other bills; Information on contacting legislators. [...] Continue reading Raleigh Report – February 7, 2011 February 7th, 2011 | Topics: gambling, good government, health, immigration, public education, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment
The 2011 General Assembly convened Wednesday for its long session. The politics of this session will be unlike any we have ever known because Republicans are now in the majority in both the House and Senate, and the Governor – with a veto – is a Democrat. We’ve not been here before. Also in this Raleigh Report: Photo ID to Vote, Health Care Reform, State Budget and more. [...]Continue reading General Assembly Convenes; Action Needed January 28th, 2011 | Topics: good government, healthcare reform, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment 
Yesterday was the deadline for Governor Perdue to sign or veto bills passed by the General Assembly in the last weeks of the session. Interestingly, yesterday she let a bill become law without her signature. Also in this Raleigh Report: Domestic Violence, Environment, Gambling, and more. [...]Continue reading 2010 Session Wrap-Up August 12th, 2010 | Topics: children & youth, domestic violence, environment, gambling, health, people with disabilities | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment 
Unfortunately, the childhood obesity epidemic is drastically affecting North Carolina. In 2009, North Carolina ranked 14th worst in the nation in childhood overweight and obesity for children ages 10-17, with more than one-third (33.5%) of our children being overweight or obese. Also in this Raleigh Report: Domestic Violence, Environment, Gambling, Health, Housing, People with Disabilities, Public Education, and more. [...]Continue reading Raleigh Report: General Assembly Addressing Childhood Obesity June 28th, 2010 | Topics: domestic violence, environment, gambling, health, housing, people with disabilities, public education | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment 
Let’s get one thing straight: there is no worthwhile distinction to be made between video poker, currently banned in North Carolina with one notable exception, and the electronic “sweepstakes” game parlors sweeping the state. [...] Continue reading Another gamble: electronic sweepstakes June 21st, 2010 | Topics: economic justice, gambling, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment 
Long-time members of the Raleigh Report network will grieve with me the passing this week of Bertha “B.” Holt. From 1975 to 1994, B. represented Alamance County in the state House of Representatives. The Council recognized her service by presenting her with our Faith Active in Public Life Award in 1987, the second year it was given. [...] Continue reading The Passing of Bertha “B” Holt 
Here’s a quick update on the state budget process: the Senate passed its version of the budget on May 20, eight days after the summer session convened. The House finished its version on June 4. A Conference Committee is now putting together the final budget. [...] Continue reading State Budget Update The summer’s “short session” of the North Carolina General Assembly convened on May 12, a continuation of the 2009 session. Its primary task will be to adjust the 2010-11 budget adopted last year, though it can also take up bills that made it through one house last year, bills coming from study commissions, and bills amending the state Constitution. [...] Continue reading Short Session Convenes, Senate Adopts Budget in Record Speed May 27th, 2010 | Topics: children & youth, economic justice, environment, health, immigration, people with disabilities, public education, state budget | Category: Raleigh Report | Leave a comment  Print This Post
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