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10306
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Scarborough discusses how Sampson County, a rural county faced with limited resources, addresses critical educational needs.
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10307
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With the passing of Robert Stipe, North Carolina has lost one of its champions of historic preservation. He held positions at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served as the director of the state Division of Archives and History before joining the School of Design at North Carolina State University in 1976. He was a prolific writer of articles and books and the recipient of numerous awards for his historic preservation work.
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10310
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Crawford-Douglas poses questions to help communities in North Carolina sort through issues brought on by global warming. These include: Why should there be any action? Who should take action? How can policy makers allocate resources to adaptation or mitigation? How can North Carolinians set priorities?
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North Carolina has the capacity to develop renewable energy in the form of wind power, biomass fuel, and solar power. Currently, the state's traditional energy supplies--coal, oil, natural gas, and uranium--come from other states. The authors discuss state policies that encourage the development of these renewable energies and present some lessons learned from other states.
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North Carolina's population is growing rapidly. By 2030, it will reach twelve million, making the state the seventh largest in the nation. Demand for energy is also keeping pace with this growth. Hughes discusses what steps Progress Energy Carolinas (formerly Carolina Power & Light) is taking to meet this increasing need for electricity.
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10313
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Tazewell discusses alternative fuels available in North Carolina, such as biodiesel, ethanol, natural gas, propane, and electricity. Guidelines for deciding which to use are presented as well as ways to reduce emissions, conservation measures, and innovations being developed in North Carolina.
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11426
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Five legislative acts of the North Carolina General Assembly affect the responsibilities and finances of counties and the state. These include capping the state tax on motor fuels at 29.9 cents per gallon through June 30, 2009 and giving counties the authority to participate in financing highway construction and maintenance. Walden examinees the ramifications for county budgets and transportation choices.
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Because the state was losing some big manufacturing plants to other states, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the William S. Lee Quality Jobs and Business Expansion (Lee Act) in 1996. This allowed the state to be more assertive in offering financial and tax incentives. Morgan assesses the pros and cons of incentives.
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11428
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Szypszak discusses misconceptions about eminent domain, including \"compensation must be paid for any interference with private property\" and \"business owners must be paid for lost profits.\"
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11433
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Should election campaigns in North Carolina be publically financed? What are the pros and cons of this approach? What are some common perceptions of public financing? The authors examine these and other questions and summarize the history of public financing in the state.
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11847
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To provide opportunities for their citizens to exercise, communities set aside areas for walking or bicycling. Planning for bicycling dates back to the 1970s, while pedestrian planning did not begin until 2004. The authors provide an overview of the seventy-two plans currently in use in the state.
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11848
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Many of North Carolina's western counties contain large sections of undeveloped and underdeveloped land. The authors surveyed a number of residents there to determine their feelings about zoning and land use.
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11849
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In 2001, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a safe surrender law which provides desperate parents or a single parent with an alternative to abandonment of their infants. The law is an attempt to prevent death or injury that might occur when a parent physically abandons an infant. Mason discusses how the law functions and how often it has been used.
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With the coming of every spring, officials in one hundred counties and around three hundred cities and towns in North Carolina begin to list the services their respective governmental units are expecting to perform in the coming fiscal year--in short, they start the annual process of budget making. For 1940-1941, multiplying units and expanding functions call for more and larger budgets.
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17122
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For two hundred years of North Carolina's history there was no constitutional limitation on the power of local governmental units to incur debt or levy taxes. In 1868 the Constitution provided that no county, city, town, or municipal corporation could contract debt for unnecessary expenses. From 1868 to 1940 these local units of government have been asking the Supreme Court of North Carolina to tell them what is a necessary expense for which they may incur debt and levy taxes without a vote of the people.
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