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Carolina Forward Blog
5d ago
Summary: Childcare programs in North Carolina are drifting toward collapse Our current model for funding childcare doesn’t work without exploiting low-paid workers State support is needed to keep child care centers open and operating Childcare programs all across North Carolina are headed toward a large-scale die-out, as neither Congress nor the state legislature shows ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
1w ago
Summary The Trump administration’s trade policy cost North Carolina farmers billions Parts of the state’s agricultural sector still have not recovered fully A second Trump administration would be far worse One of the Trump administration’s signature actions was withdrawing the United States from international agreements. Trump withdrew from NAFTA, only to sign a nearly ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
2w ago
Summary: Fiscal irresponsibility is leading North Carolina into a budget hole Lawmakers have cut taxes, but not commensurately cut spending Budget cuts will eliminate already starved public services In the 13 years since Republicans took over control of the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, they have held supermajority control for nine of them ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
1M ago
Summary: A policy of massive deportation would be economically ruinous to North Carolinians Undocumented residents of North Carolina are overwhelmingly in the workforce Large swaths of our state economy are highly reliant on undocumented labor As in election years past, many candidates for office are pushing immigration policy to the fore in this year’s ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
1M ago
Summary: Duke Energy is required by law to reduce carbon emissions, but it may not happen Duke Energy’s new plan instead triples their investment into natural gas plants North Carolina ratepayers will wind up paying the difference Behind the whirlwind of proposals for combatting climate change is the reality that electricity generation represents roughly ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
1M ago
Summary: Trump and the MAGA movement exerted full control over GOP politics Every Republican state legislator running for higher office with credible opposition failed The Trump/Robinson ticket bodes poorly for Republican candidates this fall By Justin King, Senior Policy Fellow with Carolina Forward The March 5th primary election will go down as one of ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
1M ago
Summary: Cost of living, economy top voters’ list of concerns Private school vouchers still a toxic issue Voters view Republicans as more extreme and beholden to political loyalty North Carolina voters are highly focused on their cost of living, the economy, public safety and education, and almost equally split between which political party they ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
2M ago
Summary: Both parties have mostly settled on their general election nominees for Governor and Attorney General Suburban voters continue trending toward Democrats North Carolina is headed towards another razor-thin election season North Carolina is headed for another election season that will come right down to the wire. According to the latest Carolina Forward Poll ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
2M ago
Summary: The movement for racial justice is gaining steam across the country Cities and states are considering a range of forms structural reform could take Reforms addressing historic injustices in North Carolina must be creative The discourse surrounding how to address historic racial injustice is slowly shifting from “why” to “how.” Over the past ..read more
Carolina Forward Blog
2M ago
Summary: The movement for reparations for slavery is gaining steam across the country Cities and states are considering a range of forms reparations could take Reparations in North Carolina would involve far-reaching structural reform The discourse surrounding reparations is slowly shifting from “why” to “how.” Over the past few years, states and municipalities nationwide ..read more