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[...] .PrintPageLayout.ot&print=nophoto The post Eye opening expenses from DHHS appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] it stays with you. http://www.talkingaboutpolitics.com The post More FDR appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] ?” The post After SPIN! 09/21/14 – “Did Medicaid End the Year in the Black?” appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] Watch, September 30, 2014. Last week we told you about seven bad decisions made by the General Assembly that have received very little attention amid all the back and forth about education cuts, [...]

[...] of Appeals to suspend two key parts of the sweeping voter suppression law passed by the 2013 General Assembly may not hold given the leanings of the U.S. Supreme Court, but it does put the issue of [...]

[...] Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist, August 13, 2014. The North Carolina General Assembly is not gone, they’re not forgotten and they still can’t get along. The House plans to [...]

[...] education by denigrating the people who are charged with making those improvements, the General Assembly took a big step forward in approving the first substantial pay raise for teachers since the [...]

[...] waters, Enrollment growth in school funding and #TellUsSomethingWeDontKnow! Panelists: Chris Fitzsimon, Director of NC Policy Watch John Hood, President of the John Locke Foundation Cash Michaels, [...]

[...] by Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, August 19, 2014. When you consider all the bad choices [...]

[...] by Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, August 22, 2014. The chaos that was the 2014 not so [...]

[...] After SPIN! Video from August 31th program: Chris Fitzsimon – “There is growing concern that unaffiliated voters and minorities are turned off by this [...]

[...] by John Hood, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, August 8, 2014. We don’t know what the composition [...]

[...] by John Hood, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, August 16, 2014. Critics of the Republican-led [...]

[...] by John Hood, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, August 30, 2014. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. [...]

[...] by Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, September 3, 2014. The folks in control of state government in North Carolina are having an [...]

[...] by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, August 15, 2014. Governor McCrory’s blast at The N&O got him [...]

[...] by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, August 22, 2014. You had to be here in the 1950s to appreciate how [...]

[...] by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, August 25, 2014. Ten years ago this month, Barack Obama first streaked [...]

[...] by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, August 26, 2014. It’s refreshing to see real brains working on the [...]

[...] week by AARP North Carolina should grab the attention of U.S. Senate candidates Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis, along with other hopefuls for state and federal offices this November. The poll, conducted by [...]

[...] her as a moderate (“just right, just like North Carolina”) and they’ve painted Thom Tillis into a box with an unpopular legislature in Raleigh. This attack won’t change that. [...]

[...] , September 11, 2014. “I always want my students to start with facts, and the fact is Thom Tillis is terrible for education in North Carolina.” That’s the beginning of a pointed TV ad [...]

[...] of survey research on North Carolina issues and opinions, the Senate race between Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis has certainly drawn lots of other pollsters into the state this year. Among the ones you [...]

[...] John Locke Foundation Bob Orr, Former Supreme Court Justice Tom Campbell, Moderator The post NC SPIN episode # 826 – Air Date 8/31/14 appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] the John Locke Foundation Howard Lee, Former State Senator Tom Campbell, Moderator The post NC SPIN Episode # 828 – Air Date 9/14/14 appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] the John Locke Foundation Connie Wilson, former legislator Tom Campbell, Moderator The post NC SPIN episode # 829 – Air Date 9/21/14 appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] Laura Leslie, Capitol Bureau Chief for WRAL-TV in Raleigh Tom Campbell, Moderator The post NC SPIN episode # 830 – Air Date 9/28/14 appeared first on Localist News in the 704. [...]

[...] are receiving services in each program. In addition, the state’s refusal to accept federal funding in exchange for expanding the program to cover more low-income residents is costing the [...]

[...] That point was reinforced dramatically recently by a national report that quantified how much federal funding states like North Carolina have forfeited by refusing Medicaid expansion and how much that [...]

[...] reject Medicaid expansion because of some issues with flexibility or questions about federal funding. They did it because it is part of the Affordable Care Act that their political base [...]

[...] are receiving services in each program. In addition, the state’s refusal to accept federal funding in exchange for expanding the program to cover more low-income residents is costing the [...]