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Policy
Briefs are in PDF format.
2005
The Real Story on Medicaid
Why Basic Service Cuts and Spending Caps Aren't the Answer V3,
#6, March 7, 2005 (186 KB)
Meanwhile
in Washington, A Dangerous Budget for North Carolina is on the
Fast Track v3, #5, February 28, 2005 (184 KB)
Payday Lending, Where Things Stand and Where the Issue Might be Headed v3 #4, February 21, 2005 (165 KB)
Unsocial
and Insecure, Why Privatizing the Safety Net is Not the Answer,
v3, #3, February 14, 2005, (168 KB)
Taxes
and the 2005 Session, Reform and Modernization or... More of the
Same, V3, #2, February 7, 2005 (217 KB)
An Economic Recovery Agenda for 2005
Ease Current Suffering, Invest in the Future V3, #1, January 31, 2005
(203 KB)
2004
Independence
Day Special Edition, An Elder Statesman Reflects on the State of
the American Experiment V2, #11, July 2, 2004
(178 KB)
Building
a Better Education System, Some Short and Long Term Solutions for
Our Public Schools V2 #10, June 29, 2004 (185
KB)
The Trickledown Solution, Lawmakers Opt to Aid Corporations Rather
Than Displaced Workers V2, #9, June 21, 2004 (170 KB)
And You
Think We've Got Trouble. Tax Cuts are Coming Home to Roost in Washington
Too V2 #8 June 14, 2004 (206 KB)
Is this Really the Best We Can Do? Revenues are Up, but the HHS Budget
Cuts Just Keep Coming V2, #7, June 7, 2004 (177 KB)
Is
This Any Way to Run a School System? Business Interests Demand
and May Get Longer Summers V2, #6, June 1, 2004
(190 KB)
Home Mortgage
Foreclosure Flood Continues: What Can State lawmakers Do to Stem
the Tide? V2, #4, May 17, 2004 (177 KB)
Now
That We're Almost Solvent... ...the Last Thing North Carolina Needs
is
a Corporate Tax Cut, V2, #3 May 10, 2004 (169 KB)
Two
Americas, Two North Carolinas -- Caution: the Problem in the Mirror
May Be Larger Than It Appears, V2, #2 February 20, 2004 (195 KB)
Buyer
Beware - Industry Stalls Promising Manufactured Housing Reforms,
V2, #1 January 23, 2004 ( 211 KB)
2003
- Staying the Course on Jobs, Now Is No Time to Give Away the Store
on Corporate Taxes V1, #26 December 1, 2003 (483 KB)
- Suriving the Economic Storms Recent Job Losses Highlight the Need
for Improved Responses V1, #25 October 1, 2003 (245 KB)
- Summing
Up the 2003 Legislative Session. Real Progress or Just Keeping the Lights
On?
V1, #24, July 25, 2003 (231 KB)
- Christmas
in July? Legislators contemplate End-of-Session "Business Incentives"
V1, #23, July 14, 2003 (239 KB)
- To
Convert or Not to Convert? A Non-Profit Blue Cross/Blue Shield May be
Better for North Carolina
V1, #22, June 27, 2003 (259 KB)
- "Progressive"
vs. "Regressive", What it means and why it matters in the
budget debate.
V1, #21, June 23, 2003 (271 KB)
- Making
Sense of the Budget Mess, Is that light at the end of the tunnel...or
another train? V1, #20, June 16, 2003 (256 KB)
- Another
Failed High Stakes Test, Legislators Offering Little Help to Vulnerable
Students V1, #19, June 9, 2003 (236 KB)
- Industry-Backed
Payday Lending Bill Revived, Would it Really Make Things Better for
Consumers? V1, #18, May 30, 2003 (270 KB)
- Unemployment
Insurance Bill Hits a Snag, Women Would be the Chief Beneficiaries of
the Proposal V1, #17, May 26, 2003 (283 KB)
- Piecing
Together a Budget, Why Cuts Alone Won't Be Enought to Fill the Hole
V1, #16, May 19, 2003 (306 KB)
- Where
Are We? Where Are We Going? Adding some perspectives to the state budget
debate.
V1, #15, May 12, 2003 (241 KB)
- Sifting
the Results of "Crossover" Week. Inside: How the Senate Balances
the Budget
V1, #14, May 5, 2003 (258 KB)
- Consumer
Protection Under Fire, Phone companies seek quick deregulation
V1, #13, April 28, 2003 (244 KB)
- Senate
Action Boosts the Unemployed. Inside: The latest budget cuts run deep
V1, #12, April 21, 2003, (273 KB)
- The
House Advances a Budget Bill. Is it the best we can get? V1,
#11, April 14 2003 (265 KB)
- The
Move to Reform Manufactured Housing. Can North Carolina Break the Cycle
of Failure?
V1,
#10, April 7, 2003 (246 KB)
- Congress
Moves on the Federal Budget Will North Carolina Be Left in the Lurch
Again?
V1, #9, March 31, 2003 (279 KB)
- This
Week: Two Issues You'd Forgotten About. The business incentive debate
resurfaces...and payday lending is back, too. V1,
#8, March 24, 2003 (226 KB)
- Cutting
Through the Cigarette Tax Haze: What's really at stake and what are
the options?
V1, #7, March 17, 2003 (278 KB)
- Public
Policy and Our Newist Immigrants: Can North Carolina Meet the Challenge?
V1, #6, March 10, 2003 (255KB)
- State
Spending Caps-- Back on the Table. Are They a Realistic Option?
V1, #5, March 3, 2003, (229 KB)
- The
Leandro Case: Where are we and where do we go from here?,
V1, #4, Febrauary 24, 2003 (293 KB)
- How
The Other States are Responding to Their Fiscal Crises?,
Impending Justice Center Report: Income Inequality on the Rise,
2002 "N.C. Children's Index" Paints a Solbering Picture
V1, #3 February 17, 2003 (274 KB)
- Medicaid
Cuts: A Budget Solution, V1, #2, February
10, 2003 (263 KB)
- Five
Affordable Policy Solutions, V1, #1, February 3,
2003 (233 KB)
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