Record #:

311

Author(s):

Jordan, Milton C.

Abstract:

Afro-American legislators are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Rep. Henry Frye's election to the General Assembly; Frye was the first black North Carolina legislator in the 20th century.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Dec 1989, p40-58, il, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American legislators; Frye, Henry E., 1932-

Record #:

312

Author(s):

Betts, Jack

Abstract:

North Carolina's Secretary of State, Rufus Edmisten, has fewer than half the formal powers that Secretaries of State in other states enjoy, which begs the question, \"Should the North Carolina Secretary of State's duties and powers be expanded?\"

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Aug 1989, p2-20, il, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina. Secretary of State; Edmisten, Rufus L., 1941-

Record #:

313

Author(s):

McLaughlin, Mike

Abstract:

The author offers a follow-up to the 1987 theme issue on correction policy and prison overcrowding, and offers more suggestions for state policy.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Aug 1989, p21-32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Prisons--Overcrowding; Prisons--Laws and legislation

Record #:

314

Author(s):

Silberman, Pam

Abstract:

Many low-to-moderate-income citizens lack adequate health insurance, and the poor, despite having more health problems than the general population, use fewer health services.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p122-137, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poor--Health and hygiene

Record #:

315

Author(s):

Liner, Charles D.

Abstract:

Liner examines the problem of tax inequity for the poor and offers suggestions for correcting it.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p138-152, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tax equity; Poverty

Record #:

316

Author(s):

Betts, Jack; Finger, Bill

Abstract:

The Job Training Partnership Act, The Human Resources Development Program, and Workfare are three jobs programs in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p65-92, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Job Training Partnership Act; Human Resources Development Act; Workfare; Occupational training

Record #:

317

Author(s):

Barnett, Barbara

Abstract:

The North Carolina government has created educational programs to combat illiteracy, which has a higher rate of incidence among the poor.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p106-121, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poor--Education

Record #:

318

Author(s):

Betts, Jack

Abstract:

North Carolina has created state agency programs with the sole responsibility of assisting the state's poor.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p18-47, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poor--Services for

Record #:

319

Author(s):

McLaughlin, Mike

Abstract:

The author introduces three North Carolina families living in poverty in three separate regions of the state.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p50-6, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poverty

Record #:

320

Author(s):

Kebschull, Kim

Abstract:

North Carolina's Campaign Reporting Act was enacted by the General Assembly in 1974 as a direct result of the Watergate scandal. Since 1984 the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research has monitored compliance with the requirements of this Act.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June 1990, p34-46, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Campaign funds--Laws and legislation

Record #:

321

Author(s):

Bryan, Ann McColl; Harris, Lori Ann

Abstract:

North Carolina's public campaign finance program is compared to those same programs in eighteen other states.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June 1990, p47-57, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Campaign funds--Laws and legislation

Record #:

322

Author(s):

Harris, Lori Ann; Kersye, Marianne M.

Abstract:

Considerations such as costs, charges, indigent care, range of services offered, and taxes paid into government coffers are used in the comparison of the performance of for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Oct 1988, p51-62, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hospitals

Record #:

323

Author(s):

Betts, Jack; Jackson, Anne

Abstract:

Women, children, and adults over sixty-five comprise the majority of those considered \"poor.\" One in five persons in North Carolina lives below the poverty line.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 2-3, Apr 1989, p2-18, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poverty--Research

Record #:

324

Author(s):

Finger, Bill

Abstract:

Finger presents some possibilities and considerations concerning the creation of a state Environmental Index.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Oct 1988, p2-28, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Environmental policy

Record #:

325

Author(s):

McLaughlin, Mike; Krueger, Bill

Abstract:

NC has routinely shown up near the bottom in funding for parks, and its per capita operating budget ranks 49th. Recently, the state has moved toward funding but the question remains: Will the state commit the resources needed to overcome decades of neglect?

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Oct 1988, p30-46, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Parks--Government policy