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28935
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The General Assembly voted, after some confusion, to establish the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. The state high school will focus on the intensive study of science and mathematics. Durham, Charlotte, and Raleigh have expressed interest in providing a home for the school.
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The construction of handicapped access housing is governed by various building codes that have been criticized for their lack of uniformity in specifications.
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Terry Sanford's STORM OVER THE STATES addresses the changing function of state governments, and argues that revitalization of state government is a step toward restoring order and balance to the federal system.
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367
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President Reagan has drastically slashed entitlement programs, which has caused significant reductions in North Carolina's Medicaid program. State legislators are now faced with finding new ways to fund health care and with bringing spiraling health care costs under control.
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351
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North Carolina's policy of involving its executive and legislative branches in issues concerning the arts has come to be viewed by many as a national model.
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Residents of the Granville County community of Butner do not pay municipal taxes; the state has paid most of the bill for city services since it purchased Camp Butner from the US Army after World War II.
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340
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Individual artists in North Carolina have suffered a woeful lack of funding in past years.
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383
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Four factors - mechanization, farm unit size, the lease and transfer system, and labor displacement - have dramatically transformed the operation of flue-cured tobacco farms.
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353
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Taxing cigarettes is a sensitive issue in North Carolina. Until 1969, NC was the only state that didn't use a cigarette tax as a source of revenue. The state now wrestles with this issue as revenue becomes more and more scarce while expenditures increase.
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365
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The authors discuss the 1973 Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) and its implications for the North Carolina coast.
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28944
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Since the 1930s, North Carolina has provided foundation funding to all state systems to operate the schools. Even so, today, local appropriations account for twenty-five cents of every school dollar in North Carolina. The financial equity issue remains low on the education agenda even though it represents the cornerstone of any uniform system of free public schools.
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355
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The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) is attempting to secure housing loans for low-income individuals.
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248
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In the first fiscal year of Ronald Reagan's presidency, funds for forest programs in North Carolina have been cut by thirty-four percent.
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347
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In two years, from 1980 to 1982, one of every two dollars of National Endowment for the Arts funds available to North Carolina artists vanished.
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370
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Federal budget cuts have a definite impact on North Carolina and its government programs.
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