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- State budget fails to address a number of existing needs
The post State budget fails to address a number of existing needs appeared first on NC Policy Watch.
2 min - Sarah Parker and Allan Freyer discuss the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022Sarah Parker, owner of the Durham Catering Company and Allan Freyer of the Workers’ Rights Project discuss urging passage of legislation to raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $12 an hour by 2020 and $15 an hour by 2022. Raising the minimum wage is good for businesses, good for workers, and good for the economy.10 min
- Attorney Daniel Bowes with the Second Chance InitiativeAttorney Daniel Bowes with the Second Chance Initiative discusses the collateral consequences of criminal convictions and the trouble with ever-increasing court fines and fees.13 min
- Time to end NC’s experiment with virtual charter schools
The post Time to end NC’s experiment with virtual charter schools appeared first on NC Policy Watch.
2 min - Turning away the very people who have made America the economic power of the world
The post Turning away the very people who have made America the economic power of the world appeared first on NC Policy Watch.
2 min - A broad and steady decline in budget fairness that should outrage North Carolinians
The post A broad and steady decline in budget fairness that should outrage North Carolinians appeared first on NC Policy Watch.
2 min - A meaningful proposal to do something about senseless gun violence
The post A meaningful proposal to do something about senseless gun violence appeared first on NC Policy Watch.
2 min - Jane Pinsky, director of the Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform, discusses the need to end gerrymandering and create greater transparency in the state budget process11 min
- Educators Aspen Bishop, Latika Lewis, Emily Rex and Katie Meyers discuss why this year’s demonstrations are about far more than teacher take-home pay11 min
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Conversations with prominent state and national newsmakers – politicians, advocates, analysts, academics and activists — about the news, events and public policy debates that shape life in North…
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