The North Carolina Railroad and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad are little-known private corporations that own the vital rail transportation corridor cutting across the industrial Piedmont and on to the Atlantic Ocean.
The authors discuss the ownership and the management of forests in North Carolina, and offer suggestions for the improvement of forest policy in the state.
Several programs have been created by the state of North Carolina to assist persons with disabilities. Community funding allocations discussed in Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 42-53.
North Carolina Insight interviews Ted Drain, head of the Division on Exceptional Children, and Claude Myer, director of the state's vocational rehabilitation program.
The construction of handicapped access housing is governed by various building codes that have been criticized for their lack of uniformity in specifications.
Special education programs for handicapped children in the North Carolina public school system are designed to assist the children in becoming more self-sufficient.
North Carolina has a history of failure to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which states no person shall be subject to discrimination due to any handicap when seeking and/or receiving federal financial assistance.
Deregulation, diversification, and alternative energy sources are important concerns of state regulators, who still have substantial power over utility operations despite increased federal involvement.
Utility companies are diversifying into solar products, home insulation, even cable television. But, unlike other corporations, they have a state-awarded monopoly franchise for their principal product.
The federal government passed a law concerning telephone service but the state still controls telephone services. The regulatory structure will cause the cost of service to fall on the consumer.