News & Views

By NC Newsline

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 Carol... more

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February 03, 2020 David Rice, Executive Director of Higher Ed Works, discusses the recent trials and tribulations (as well as some recent successes) of the UNC system
Read more about Higher Ed Works and their special series on university governance.
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11min
January 27, 2020 Senator Mike Woodard discusses education funding, Medicaid transformation and the safety problems within Durham’s McDougald Terrace public housing complex
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12min
January 27, 2020 Attorney Kym Hunter of the Southern Environmental Law Center discusses efforts by the Trump administration to gut a 50-year-old landmark environmental rule known as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Learn more from SELC about how attacks on NEPA could strip critical oversight. Comments on the Trump Administration’s changes to NEPA should be submitted on or before March 10, 2020. Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow the online instructions for submitting comments to Docket ID No. CEQ-2019-0003
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11min
January 27, 2020 Allan Freyer of the NC Justice Center’s Workers’ Rights Project discusses a new report that details the failure of the NC Department of Labor to enforce worker safety laws
Read the full NC Justice Center report: Too lax, too often.
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12min
January 20, 2020 House Minority Leader Darren Jackson on the political divide that has prevented state lawmakers from finding common ground on teacher pay and Medicaid expansion.
House Minority Leader Darren Jackson on the political divide that has prevented state lawmakers from finding common ground on teacher pay and Medicaid expansion.
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14min
January 20, 2020 Jeff Dillman of the Fair Housing Project at Legal Aid discusses the State of Fair Housing in North Carolina
Jeff Dillman of the Fair Housing Project at Legal Aid discusses the State of Fair Housing in North Carolina. Read the latest report.
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10min
January 20, 2020 WRAL-TV producer Clay Johnson on the upcoming documentary “Out of the Darkness” that examines a startling rise in the suicide rate among NC teens
WRAL-TV producer Clay Johnson on the upcoming documentary “Out of the Darkness” that examines a startling rise in the suicide rate among NC teens. “Out of the Darkness” debuts on Jan. 23, 2020. Learn more here.
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11min
January 13, 2020 Matt Ellinwood of the NC Justice Center’s Education & Law Project discusses adequacy and equity in school funding in the wake of the WestEd/Leandro report.
Matt Ellinwood, Director of the Education & Law Project at the NC Justice Center, discusses adequacy and equity in school funding in the wake of the WestEd/Leandro report, which recommends nearly $8 billion in additional public school funding be allocated in the next seven years for North Carolina’s public schools. Read the findings in the WestEd report here.
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12min
January 13, 2020 Erica Palmer Smith of the Care4Carolina Coalition discusses closing the healthcare coverage gap in the upcoming legislative session
Learn more about the Care4Carolina coalition and HB 655 NC Health Care for Working Families.
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11min
January 13, 2020 Dr. Peter Morris, director of Urban Ministries of Wake County, discusses the realities of poverty for thousands of North Carolina families.
Urban Ministries of Wake County engages our community to serve and advocate on behalf of those affected by poverty by providing food and nutrition, promoting health and wellness, and by laying the foundations of home. Learn how to help here.
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14min

FAQs about News & Views:

How many episodes does News & Views have?

The podcast currently has 1,426 episodes available.