The Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has challenged a new Indiana law that prohibits federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers in the state. In a letter, officials have informed Indiana that the new law, which blocks their Department of Health from signing contracts with abortion providers, would supposedly violate [...]
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North Carolina – Far Cry from Texas on Tort Reform
The North Carolina House approved a bill today which reforms North Carolina’s costly worker compensation laws into line with those in other states. The legislation, which was so modest that even the AFL-CIO endorsed it, is definitely a step in the right direction, but is hardly the reform North Carolina needs to reduce the out of [...]
Smart Start’s Partisan Tilt Displayed at Press Conference
At a packed May 26 press conference, Smart Start promoters joined with members of the Democratic minority in the NC House in attacking the Senate and House proposals to reorganize the early childhood education program. House Minority Leader Joe Hackney said the conference was called in order to address what he said was “the tremendous damage [...]
Ohio, Maine Join North Carolina Calls to End “Same Day Registration”
The Secretaries of State in both Ohio and Maine have joined members of the NC Senate in advocating for the end of Same Day Registration in their states. The practice allows voters to register to vote and then immediately vote at the polling place, leaving overworked election officials unable to accurately verify the voters’ identities. [...]
Senate Rejects All Planned Parenthood Funding and Several Other Budget Amendments
The Senate appropriations committee hearing on Tuesday revealed highly controversial areas for fund reductions: primarily with the elimination of funding to Planned Parenthood, reduction of teacher’s assistant positions, and the consolidation of the More at Four and Smart Start Programs. Democrats on the committee were clearly unused to having little say in the process, and offered [...]
