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Linda Hayes, secretary of the state’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Department, tells host Barlow Herget about the success of her agency in keeping young offenders from becoming repeat criminals.  She says her department will become part of a larger Public Safety cabinet office and acknowledges her own position may be abolished in the government reorganization and Republican budget cuts.  She also describes her recent experience with the deadly tornadoes that swept through the state including over her home in Dunn.

 
Ferrel Guillory discusses Civil War legacy PDF Print E-mail
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On the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, Ferrel Guillory and Barlow Herget, two Southerners who have covered the South for five decades, look back at the war and its legacy in today’s politics.

 
Bill Holman on environmental bills PDF Print E-mail
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Bill Holman, former Secretary of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and now at Duke's Nicholas Institute, tells host Barlow Herget that he's never seen in his 30 years around the legislature such an extensive effort to undo bipartisan environmental laws and regulations.

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Dr. Jack Walker, executive administrator of the NC State Health Plan, tells host Barlow Herget that new legislation will change the governance of the plan and place it in state Treasurer Janet Cowell’s office The plan also will be guided by a board of nine trustees, four of whom will be state employees and teachers.  Walker explains the new premium charges members will pay for the first time and believes the new money will help wipe out the plan’s shortfall.

Herget asks Walker about the “health” of the plan itself and the ominous trend it’s facing.  Healthy members of the plan, once a clear majority, now comprise only 47 percent of the membership compared to 52 percent of members who have far more expensive chronic illnesses.  The average healthy member costs about $1,218 a year while the average chronically ill member costs $7,652.

Walker also says it’s going to take more than premium, deduction, and co-pay increases by employees to keep the plan on solid financial ground.

 
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