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Monday, 06 June 2011 22:32 |
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One of the political targets for the Republicans in the state legislature is Planned Parenthood, the family planning organization that also performs abortions. Why are they a target and what's going to happen to Planned Parenthood Health Systems in North Carolina? The North Carolina Planned Parenthood Vice President of Public Policy Melissa Reed joins host Barlow Herget to answer these questions. Reed also describes the changes and loss of revenue her agency faces in a number of bills moving through the legislature. |
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Monday, 23 May 2011 08:43 |
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Former staff attorney for the legislature William "Bill" Gilkeson gives Exclusive Host Barlow Herget an insider's view of the redistricting process. Gilkeson was one of the "central' or non-partisan staff members who helped legislators draw up the new state and federal legislative districts. He says that the process is underway, and citizens can expect a large shift in state legislative districts from rural North Carolina to metro areas such as the Triangle, the Triad and Charlotte. The fastest growing county between 2000 and 2010 was Union County. Gilkeson says the congressional district that is most out of compliance with new population numbers is Rep. Sue Myrick, R-Charlotte followed by Rep. David Price, D-Chapel Hill. |
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Monday, 16 May 2011 09:38 |
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North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall describes for host Barlow Herget how foreclosure paperwork mills issued fraudulent foreclosure documents for banks, including some in North Carolina. Many of these papers were falsely notarized which is a misdemeanor or felony in NC. No such mills are operating here, but citizens with questions about proper foreclosure paperwork can call her office. Marshall also says the House budget bill provision that transfers her lobbying regulation office to the Ethics Commission has had little discussion. She knows of no lobbyists who are campaigning for such a change, and says she wasn't consulted on the move. She doesn't believe that only three people as proposed by the House, can keep up with over 800 lobbyists. |
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Sunday, 08 May 2011 19:00 |
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House Majority Leader Paul Stam, R-Wake, tells host Barlow Herget that the House and Senate have worked closer than any session in 20 years, meeting jointly to discuss important legislation. Stam says the House budget will eliminate 18,000 "positions", many of which are unfilled. He says the Republican cuts are not as "draconian" as portrayed, but concedes that teaching assistants in 2nd and 3rd grades will be hardest hit. Stam also tells Herget that revenue figures from April 15 are not complete but there will be no billion dollar, happy surprises. Stam believes the $1.4 billion in tax cuts will stimulate the economy, and relations between the Republican legislature and Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue could be headed for standoff rather than compromise. |
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Monday, 02 May 2011 19:00 |
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Congressman Brad Miller, a Democrat from Raleigh, tells host Barlow Herget that the proposed Medicare changes in Rep. Paul Ryan's, R-Wisc., budget will mean future recipients will spend half their incomes on medical care in the future. Miller is getting an earful from constituents on Ryan's attempt to cut the deficit by abolishing the current Medicare system by replacing it with "vouchers" that recipients can use to buy private medical insurance. Miller, a member of an environmental subcommittee, also describes how a hearing on global warming backfired on Republicans trying to show that climate change was a hoax. He is a member of the Financial Services Committee, too, and he criticizes the Obama Administration's lack of legal action against Wall Street bankers who defrauded clients before the 2008 crash. |
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