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Environment, Legislature

After coastal towns complain about Resource Institute, lawmakers could rescind its $5 million windfall

By Lisa Sorg
June 25, 2019
In Environment, Legislature
Commentary

Another state blasts NC’s leaders — this time for denying sea-level rise

By Rob Schofield
April 13, 2016
In Commentary
Commentary, News

New evidence that climate change is making North Carolina more like Florida

By Rob Schofield
October 15, 2015
3 Comments
In Commentary, News
Commentary

Recent floods ought to be another wake up call for state leaders

By Rob Schofield
October 8, 2015
In Commentary
Commentary

Must read: The utter folly of sandbagging the NC coast

By Rob Schofield
October 5, 2015
In Commentary
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U.S. House committee to take up ‘Medicare for All’ legislation

WASHINGTON — Toward the end of his life, the late U.S. Rep. John Dingell Jr. reportedly asked his wi [...]

Monday numbers: Rate of complaint-driven inspections of industrialized livestock operations second-highest in 10 years

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The Leandro report is out. The future of public education in North Carolina starts this week.

For over two decades, North Carolina has systematically violated the constitutional rights of its ch [...]

After Silent Sam settlement, UNC has lost the benefit of the doubt

Last December I condemned the UNC–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees (BOT) proposal to literally enshrine [...]

Trump administration’s destructive cuts to food assistance will harm 700,000 Americans

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Could this be the worst policy proposal of 2019?

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