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for "McLaughlin, Mike"
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3462
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Recommendations on year-round schools by the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research include making the program optional and providing comparative data between year-round and traditional schools.
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3463
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Nationally, the state ranks third in the number of year-round schools. Programs at Newton-Conover City Schools, Mooresville Graded School District, Wake County Public Schools, and Blowing Rock Elementary are profiled.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1997,
p32-41, il, f
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3545
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To compete with neighboring Mecklenburg County and to attract new businesses, Cabarrus County developed its own incentives program for commercial and business development. While successful, the program's constitutionality has been questioned.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2 and 3, Dec 1997,
p31-33, f
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3562
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Major components of the incentives grant program are tax credit programs, including those for worker training; loan and grant programs, including business energy loans; and the Governor's Industrial Recruitment Competitive Fund.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2 and 3, Dec 1997,
p46-47, f
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3673
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Deciding what is urban and rural might depend on who is answering the question. The U.S. Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center each have differing definitions.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2 and 3, Dec 1997,
p103, il
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3676
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Eight state agencies expend about $800 million yearly in job training programs, with results varying from program to program. Upcoming issues to deal with include program consolidations, declining federal funding, and the impact of Work First.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2 and 3, Dec 1997,
p82-99, il, f
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2902
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Unfunded mandates, or programs passed on from a higher level of government to a lower one without funds to pay for them, can be a burden. Legislation passed by Congress and the General Assembly in 1995 addresses this issue.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1996,
p42-75, il, f
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2265
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The N.C. Center for Public Policy Research conducted a year- long study of the health status of the state's minorities. The study revealed that minorities are less healthy and die at a younger age than the white population.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 15-16 Issue 4 & 1, Mar 1995,
p2-24; 28-31; 44-46; 49-56; 60-63; 69, il, f
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1416
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Since 1989, when the legislature placed many of the lieutenant governor's powers in the hands of the Senate's president pro tem, that office has dramatically increased in perks and power.
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1417
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The North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, reiterating a call first made in 1986, has challenged the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tem of the Senate to curb the practice of inserting special provisions into budget bills.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1994,
p42-43, il, f
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1042
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Seventeen North Carolina citizens wrote essays proposing ideas and action for newly-elected Governor Jim Hunt.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Feb 1993,
p27-49, por
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1220
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The 1990 Census revealed four trends in North Carolina's population: it contains more urban dwellers, more minorities, fewer poor, and more elderly. These trends are sure to affect policy decisions in the future.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 14 Issue 4, Aug 1993,
p2-49, il, por, f
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243
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$3.6 billion of government money, some of which funds state government programs that focus primarily on health care, is spent on health programs in North Carolina each year.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 14 Issue 1, May 1992,
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39
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Chapel Hill author Tim McLaurin discusses the effects of his recent bone marrow transplant on his life and work.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 13 Issue 3-4, Nov 1991,
p93-104, il, por, f
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43
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Large segments of the state's population have little or no health coverage, which has definite consequences for the health care system and for the economy.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 13 Issue 3-4, Nov 1991,
p20-42, il, bibl, f
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