The Progressive Pulse http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Quick and decisive action needed to resolve judicial emergencies http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/quick-and-decisive-action-needed-to-resolve-judicial-emergencies/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/quick-and-decisive-action-needed-to-resolve-judicial-emergencies/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:45 +0000 Sharon McCloskey http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48414 Close to 100 attorneys, progressive advocates and Triangle-area residents gathered today to discuss the continuing judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, growing numbers of federal judicial vacancies elsewhere, delayed U.S. Senate confirmations of … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/quick-and-decisive-action-needed-to-resolve-judicial-emergencies/feed/ 0 Follow the money: how the Senate pays for its budget http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/follow-the-money-how-the-senate-pays-for-its-budget-2/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/follow-the-money-how-the-senate-pays-for-its-budget-2/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:24 +0000 Tazra Mitchell http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48418 Perhaps the biggest news story of the week is the release of the Senate leadership’s budget proposal. Yesterday, the Budget and Tax Center provided an overview of what the budget pays for. Today, we took a close look at how … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/follow-the-money-how-the-senate-pays-for-its-budget-2/feed/ 1 Packed house for school voucher bill hearing http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/packed-house-for-school-voucher-bill-hearing/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/packed-house-for-school-voucher-bill-hearing/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:17 +0000 Lindsay Wagner http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48415 This morning, members of the House Education Committee heard public comments only for HB 944, Opportunity Scholarship Act, also known as the school voucher bill.

The time allotted for the hearing today was cut down to one hour from … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/packed-house-for-school-voucher-bill-hearing/feed/ 2 The Local Costs of Federal Immigration Enforcement http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/the-local-costs-of-federal-immigration-enforcement/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/the-local-costs-of-federal-immigration-enforcement/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42:58 +0000 Alexandra Sirota http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48401 As North Carolina considers legislation that would put in place significant additional enforcement mechanisms of federal immigration laws, it is worth considering what has happened in Colorado.  Colorado introduced legislation in 2006 that requires local law enforcement officers and agencies … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/the-local-costs-of-federal-immigration-enforcement/feed/ 0 NC Pediatric Society: The Medicaid Blame Game http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/nc-pediatric-society-the-medicaid-blame-game/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/nc-pediatric-society-the-medicaid-blame-game/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:30 +0000 Adam Searing http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48404 Steve Shore, Executive Director of the North Carolina Pediatric Society, writing in the group’s most recent newsletter:

“Listening to the press conference about the NC Senate’s version of the proposed biennial state budget from the leadership of the North … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/nc-pediatric-society-the-medicaid-blame-game/feed/ 3 Promise of driver’s license under anti-immigrant bill likely illusive http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/promise-of-drivers-license-under-anti-immigrant-bill-likely-illusive/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/promise-of-drivers-license-under-anti-immigrant-bill-likely-illusive/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:32 +0000 Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48393 This new flow chart explains:

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]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/promise-of-drivers-license-under-anti-immigrant-bill-likely-illusive/feed/ 0 WS Journal slams plan to dramatically expand McCrory patronage http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/ws-journal-slams-plan-to-dramatically-expand-mccrory-patronage/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/ws-journal-slams-plan-to-dramatically-expand-mccrory-patronage/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:43 +0000 Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48384 The Winston-Salem Journal pulls no punches in this editorial this morning that criticizes legislative plans to dramatically expand Governor McCrory’s ability to use Chicago-style patronage hiring:

A governor, when taking office, deserves the right to put his or her own people in

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]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/ws-journal-slams-plan-to-dramatically-expand-mccrory-patronage/feed/ 5 House Education Committee takes up voucher plan (video) http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/house-education-committee-takes-up-voucher-plan-video/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/house-education-committee-takes-up-voucher-plan-video/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:24:49 +0000 Clayton Henkel http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48365 The North Carolina “Opportunity Scholarship Act” will gets its first hearing before the House Education Committee today.

Supporters contend House Bill 944 gives students a choice, a chance to attend a private institution that may better serve their individual needs.… Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/house-education-committee-takes-up-voucher-plan-video/feed/ 0 Overview of the Senate budget proposal http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/overview-of-the-senate-budget-proposal/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/overview-of-the-senate-budget-proposal/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:53 +0000 Tazra Mitchell http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48351 Late last evening, the Senate leadership released their proposed $20.6 billion budget for FY2013-14. This proposal fails to fully invest the slight uptick in revenues into the public priorities that ensure better opportunities for all children, help get North Carolinians … Read More...

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/overview-of-the-senate-budget-proposal/feed/ 5 Covenant with NC’s Children responds to budget proposal http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/covenant-with-ncs-children-responds-to-budget-proposal/ http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/20/covenant-with-ncs-children-responds-to-budget-proposal/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:15 +0000 Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=48347 The good people at the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children just released this statement on the Berger budget plan:

Senate budget short-changes NC’s children
Budget would cut funding for early education and K-12 schools and remove cap on class size… Read More...

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