Advocacy Update: Slow week and budget developments
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators took things very slowly this week with few bills on the calendar and hardly any committee meetings. Most work was … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 12
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation That’s a wrap! Senators wrapped up session after a midnight session on Friday where they approved a state budget. House members … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 9
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW-NC We do not have much to report this week but we wanted to let everyone know that legislators are still … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 8
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW-NC Social workers found victory during the eighth week of the legislative short session! On Monday night, the last day of … Continue reading
NASW and allies working to save SNAP benefits
Original post by NASW. This is a Federal bill. Please contact your Congressmen/women and US Senators when advocating against this bill. You can find who represents you here. SNAP is a United … Continue reading
Legislative Session, Final, Week 26
What a week! With the budget released on Sunday night, legislators scrambled this week to complete the 2013 legislative session that started in January. Legislators worked well into the night … Continue reading
Legislative Session, Week 24
Legislators are still pushing through bills until a budget and tax reform package is complete. While legislators appointed to work on these big items have been meeting, we still are … Continue reading
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