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Gov. Cooper proposes $145 million budget for DEQ, would include money to address climate change, PFAS in drinking water

By Lisa Sorg
March 26, 2021
In Environment, Governor Roy Cooper

With only a quarter of state’s landslide areas mapped, DEQ asks lawmakers to renew funding for key program

By Lisa Sorg
March 23, 2021
In Environment, Legislature

Fossil fuel development on public lands: What will the Biden administration do?

By Jacob Fischler
March 22, 2021
In Environment, News

New research shows switch to electric trucks and buses could save 57,000 lives

By Rob Schofield
March 8, 2021
In Environment

Biden to pause new oil and gas leases on public lands in sweeping climate order

By Ariana Figueroa
January 27, 2021
In Environment
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To combat opioid overdose deaths, state officials try medication-assisted therapy with select NC inmates

Doctors who treat people with opioid addictions often hear of former patients who have to restart th [...]

Monday numbers: A closer look at the challenges faced by transgender youth and the consequences of alienating them

Last month Republicans in North Carolina joined a nationwide conservative push to file legislation t [...]

PW special report – The battle for Alamance part 3: A school system in which racial divisions and inequities persist

Nearly 40 years ago, Yolanda Strickland felt the sting of racism for the first time. She was 10, a f [...]

Quest for D.C. statehood finds new friends and foes: Other states

WASHINGTON — Congress had yet to even schedule a hearing on a measure granting statehood to the Dist [...]

HB 2 redux? NC lawmakers again buck science, human rights advocates and corporate America with attacks on transgender rights

It’s been almost four years now since North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders capitulated to [...]

Anti-trans bills don’t fall far from the HB2 tree

The post Anti-trans bills don’t fall far from the HB2 tree appeared first on NC Policy Watch. [...]

North Carolina’s incredible shrinking state budget

Cooper’s modest spending proposal illustrates how far we’ve fallen Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a new tw [...]

If you like being vaccinated, thank the U.S. government

In his response to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s recent State of the State address, Senate Majority Lead [...]

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