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Sunday, 21 August 2011 23:00 |
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Gary Bartlett, executive director of the State Board of Elections, tells host Barlow Herget that the new redistricting map approved by the legislature splits almost twice as many precincts as the old plan. The costs and complications facing poll workers handling the different ballots in such a precinct will be in the thousands of dollars and will be confusing for voters and election officials alike |
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Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:00 |
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Host Barlow Herget turns to one of the most qualified people to discuss the forthcoming showdown between the legislature and the judiciary over funding for More at Four (now called North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten) classes for at-risk children. Gene Nichol, a UNC constitutional law professor and director of the NC Center on Poverty, tells Herget that Superior Court Judge Howard Manning's finding that the legislature's budget cuts don't meet constitutional standards. Nichol says if they standoff goes to court, it will be more than a discussion of funding and will involve the constitutional powers of the judiciary and the legislature. Listen to learn how Nichol believes the case will be resolved. |
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Sunday, 07 August 2011 23:00 |
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North Carolina legislators will reconvene in Raleigh for a week-long session that will address proposed amendments to the state constitution. NC Bar Association President and Raleigh lawyer Martin Brinkley tells host Barlow Herget that lawyers must recruit allies to help obtain critical funding for the state's court system. Brinkley says he believes the court system is one of the state's best economic development selling points. |
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 23:00 |
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Ran Coble, executive director of the NC Center for Public Policy Research, tells host Barlow Herget why the new redistricting maps represent partisan, hardball politics at its finest...or worst. What will the new districts do to Democrats in the state legislature and Congress? Will the new districts mean Republicans, after the 2012 Election, hold a 10-3 Republican edge in North Carolina's congressional delegation that now has a 7-6 Democratic majority? Coble explains why North Carolina's redistricting maps must get federal approval and why he believes there will be lawsuits objecting to the new districts. |
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Sunday, 24 July 2011 23:00 |
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North Carolina Republicans in Congress voted for a constitutional amendment last week that calls for a constitutional amendment that mandates a balanced budget. It's been a popular political position for conservatives and Republicans for years, especially since President Ronald Reagan's administration. But what would such an amendment mean if it were adopted and enforced? Barlow Herget's Exclusive guest, Karl Smith, PhD, at the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill says it would require federal spending to equal federal revenues. And what does that mean? Depending on what government programs Congress would protect, Smith says it could mean the government could pay for Social Security but not much else. Medicare would be severely reduced as well as Medicaid. Defense spending could be eliminated! More frightening, a balanced budget amendment would restrict the government's ability to overcome recessions and to wage war. |
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