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News & Views

Conversations with prominent state and national newsmakers – politicians, advocates, analysts, academics and activists – about the news, events and public policy debates that shape life in North Carolina.

  1. 6D AGO

    Prof. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobs

    As NC Newsline has reported at length recently, Republicans in Congress are seeking to enact massive and unprecedented cuts to two of the nation’s core social safety net programs — Medicaid and SNAP food assistance. And while it’s not hard to show how such cuts will impact the people in need who depend on […]

    18 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Elon University’s Jason Husser on how NC is reacting to Trump’s chaotic cuts to federal government

    As has been well-documented in recent weeks, the Trump administration is implementing a massive and chaotic bloodletting of the federal government. From the attempted elimination of the Department of Education to the evisceration of several other key departments — including the National Weather Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs — President Trump and […]

    23 min

  3. MAR 31

    Representative Lindsey Prather on how her region is faring six months after Hurricane Helene

    It was six months ago that Hurricane Helene devastated much of western North Carolina with record-breaking rainfall and flooding. Since that time, federal, state and local officials have worked in determined — often heroic — fashion to help communities recover. Today, however, the situation is best described as mixed. As NC Newsline learned in […]

    13 min

  4. MAR 31

    Journalist Sara Murphy on the damage Helene did to western NC’s inadequate child care system

    The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina six months ago was, in many communities, enormous. Few aspects of normal life escaped being upended, and one very important such area was child care. As journalist Sara Murphy detailed in a recent report published by NC Newsline and the national news site, the […]

    15 min

  5. MAR 31

    Duke University Professor Emeritus Philip J. Cook on the impacts of gun violence on Americans

    Across the United States, gun violence continues to be an ever-more-serious national plague. According to the latest mortality data from the CDC, firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have soared by 50% since 2019. In 2023, firearms remained the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year […]

    15 min

  6. MAR 24

    Will Scott of the Environmental Defense Fund on the move to repeal a greenhouse gas emissions goal

    The challenge posed by carbon emissions that drive climate change is one of the most important issues facing humanity. If ever a matter required everyone’s best efforts and collaboration — elected officials, regulators, providers, consumers — this is it. Unfortunately, many important Republican legislative leaders in Raleigh disagree. They’re sponsoring a bill this year that […]

    12 min

  7. MAR 24

    NC State economist Mike Walden on the first two months of Trump 2.0

    Over the past few decades, one of North Carolina’s best known and most prolific economists has been Prof. Mike Walden. Walden, the Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at NC State University, is an outspoken champion of free markets and a longtime regular contributor to the pages of the conservative John […]

    14 min

  8. MAR 24

    ACLU attorney Liz Barber on the legislature’s latest attacks on civil rights and liberties

    It’s been nearly a decade and a half now since Republicans legislators took control of the North Carolina General Assembly and commenced an aggressive campaign to consolidate their complete control of state government, while at the same time, rolling back much of the progress that had been achieved in previous years to expand civil […]

    15 min
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    Conversations with prominent state and national newsmakers – politicians, advocates, analysts, academics and activists – about the news, events and public policy debates that shape life in North Carolina.

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