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Milk Regulation in North Carolina: More Than a Lot of Bull ;r, Consumers are wondering why the North Carolina Milk Commission can't keep milk prices down . The Commission can play an essential role in regulation - if it is reconstituted. By Noel ...
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A Word From The Editor A 60-year-old, two-story frame house on Boylan Avenue in Raleigh is getting a face-lifting. The landlord, Community Group Homes, Inc., is adding some $12,000 to the property's value - aluminum siding, a new porch, and other ...
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"Small change" at the Utilities Commission The Commission's policies and practices restrict citizen analysis of hearings which influence the state's energy policies. by Betsy Taylor Every person in North Carolina is touched by the work of the state ...
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`That Freakish Thing' A memo dooms the labor center On Thursday evening, Sept. 7, 1978, the votes of nine members of the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors killed a proposal to establish a Center for Labor Education and Research on ...
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Governor Responds to Cerier :Report: Which way now? Economic Development and 1n4strialization in N.C. The Center's latest report, Which way now? Economic Development and Industrialization in N. C., which was released on May 9, raised six major issues ...
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THE GOVERNOR WAS WERE TO EXPLAIN WHERE HE STOOD ON THE BILL CWIP: Was It Part of `A Swap-off'? 0 G/[iryO/lC 9q,: Nnri' . Gary Pearce, the governor's press secretary, described the administration's inconsistent statements on CWIP as 'a mess.' A UTILITIES ...
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Brooks ' election gave heart to those who saw the commissioner's office in the past as having been one-sided in its support of management aims. The `Union Man' at Labor by Jerry Adams The office has the appearance of that of a graduate student who is ...
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Unpublished Figures Link Wage Gap, Balanced Growth by Brad Stuart An unpublished state government study offers grim insights into the lack of progress in closing the "wage gap" that leaves North Carolina with the lowest wages in the nation. "The ...
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Lobbyist Disagrees with Day Care Story The following letter was received in response to an article in the Summer, 1979, issue of this magazine, "I)ay Care Bill Killed". In that article Mr. Harrell's first name was incorrectly given as Bennie. Mr. ...
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"Making North Carolina Prosper . . Meets Mixed Reaction The Center report Making North Carolina Prosper: A Critique of Balanced Growth and Regional Planning, released in late August, stated three criticisms of the Balanced Growth Policy of Governor ...