Economy

See how badly the GOP budget fails public education

By Eleanore Wood / June 22, 2017 / Comments Off on See how badly the GOP budget fails public education

Despite Republican lawmakers’ big claims about the education funding included in their budget, any North Carolina teacher will tell you our public school system has diminished under Republican rule. In fact, a comparison of education funding statistics under the current budget to the 2008-09 budget — the last budget year before the Great Recession began…

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Raleigh News & Observer: GOP budget short on vision, long on breaks for the rich

By Eleanore Wood / June 21, 2017 / Comments Off on Raleigh News & Observer: GOP budget short on vision, long on breaks for the rich

The NC GOP’s budget claims it gives a raise to teachers and state workers, but the average raise for North Carolina teachers is a measly 3.3%. And state retirees are getting a raise also….of 1%. So who is benefitting from the NC GOP’s budget? The top .01% who will receive a 5.25% personal income tax…

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Legislature’s budget — More comfort for the comfortable

By Eleanore Wood / June 1, 2017 / Comments Off on Legislature’s budget — More comfort for the comfortable

The GOP-controlled House revealed their budget plan and it’s exactly what we expected: tax cuts for big corporations and underfunding education. The plan includes The House boasts about adding a small amount of money to NC scholarships, however, they are not providing adequate funding for our public schools and universities. Not only are they not providing…

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Statement on “HB 2.0” and Speaker Moore’s broken promises

By Eleanore Wood / February 27, 2017 / Comments Off on Statement on “HB 2.0” and Speaker Moore’s broken promises

As time runs out to repeal HB2 before the NCAA deadline passes, the so-called “compromise” bill HB186 would only create more problems instead of solving them RALEIGH — Last week, Republican lawmakers introduced a so-called “compromise” bill they claim would repeal HB2 and end the NBA and NCAA boycotts of North Carolina. However, HB186 does…

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Op-Ed: North Carolina cannot afford to lose the ACA

By Eleanore Wood / February 21, 2017 / Comments Off on Op-Ed: North Carolina cannot afford to lose the ACA

Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, congressional Republicans have been waiting to repeal it. Despite promising to follow through with this plan for the past six years, Republicans have not come up with a replacement and have failed to prove how repealing the ACA will be better for everyone. Unfortunately, attempting…

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As NCAA deadline approaches, NCGOP shirks responsibility to repeal HB2

By Eleanore Wood / February 8, 2017 / Comments Off on As NCAA deadline approaches, NCGOP shirks responsibility to repeal HB2

RALEIGH — Progress NC Action Executive Director Gerrick Brenner released the following statement on Wednesday in response to the NCGOP’s attempts to deflect responsibility for fully repealing HB2 onto Governor Cooper: “The solution to HB2 is simply a full and clean repeal of this discriminatory law,” said Brenner. “Instead, the NCGOP is lashing out and trying to…

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NC Could Lose 6 Years of NCAA Events Because of HB2

By Eleanore Wood / February 7, 2017 / Comments Off on NC Could Lose 6 Years of NCAA Events Because of HB2

The NCAA began evaluating cities for championship games in January and is said to have pulled all North Carolina cities from consideration because of HB2. This could mean 6 years without NCAA tournaments because the General Assembly continues to refuse to repeal HB2. And if the NCAA pulls out, the ACC and other leagues are…

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