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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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Over the last several decades, North Carolina has been transformed from a largely rural state covered with forests and farms into an ever more urban place plastered with vast swaths of concrete and asphalt. And it’s in light of this reality that Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent decision to veto a transportation bill approved by the legislature that would h…
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OB/GYN Dr. Rachel Jensen on how abortion restrictions have changed healthcare, medical training
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This month marks the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling that ended the constitutional right to abortion care. It’s also been just over one-year since the Republican-controlled General Assembly in North Carolina’s enacted our state’s 12-week abortion ban. Abortion access will likely be a critical issue for some voters this y…
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Southern Education Foundation president Raymond C. Pierce on racial segregation in public schools
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education that ended the legal segregation of American public schools. Today, however, despite much progress on many fronts, resistance to racial integration in education remains stubbornly persistent and sadly, this is the case here i…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images) The post GOP pols embarrass with reactions to Trump convictions appeared first on NC Newsline.
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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The post NC GOP disappoints with its treatment of veterans group appeared first on NC Newsline.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Photo: Clayton Henkel) The post End of DEI programs at UNC will undermine justice and progress appeared first on NC Newsline.
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Just when you thought we were starting to put some of the more contentious debates that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic to rest, the North Carolina legislature has revived the argument over face masks. Under a bill recently passed the by the state Senate, not only would penalties be increased for protesters who break the law while wearing face…
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Paul Fulton of the nonprofit Public Ed Works on securing better pay for NC public school teachers
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For several decades in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, North Carolina’s public education system was widely celebrated as an up-and-coming national model. And a key to that success was the deep and abiding support of an array of forward-looking business leaders who understood that well-funded systems of K-12 and higher education were essenti…
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Labor Sec. Julie Su on the Biden administration’s efforts to expand access to good paying jobs
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Over the past three-plus years there are few if any areas of public policy in which the Biden administration has been more active in advancing rules and practices designed to lift average people and those long left behind by the American economy than in the realm labor relations. Whether it’s promoting better wages and working conditions, creating …
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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The post A Memorial Day resolution appeared first on NC Newsline.
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High prices at the grocery store and consumers’ memories of their pre-pandemic budgets may be playing a role in how Americans feel about their finances as recession fears recede. - Photo: Getty Images The post Trump-era tax cuts, corporate greed drive inflation appeared first on NC Newsline.
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Earlier this month, one of our state’s leading and most respected champions of public education, the Public School Forum of North Carolina, held its annual Eggs and Issues breakfast in Raleigh. The event drew several prominent elected officials and candidates from both parties – all of whom endorsed the idea that the state must do much more to fund…
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Charlotte preschool director Emma Biggs (Courtesy photo) North Carolina childcare providers are facing a potentially disastrous financial cliff in June. During the pandemic, the federal government provided significant relief dollars that helped thousands of providers stay open by raising worker salaries to minimally adequate levels. Unfortunately, …
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Chris Suttle on SB3 and whether NC could become the 39th state to legalize medical marijuana
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Medical marijuana is now legal and accessible for the vast majority of Americans, but one state that remains a stubborn holdout is North Carolina. A state Senate bill known as the Compassionate Care Act would change that by allowing patients suffering from a list of illnesses to gain access. The bill is sponsored by a conservative Republican and en…
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