Advocacy Update: One more week of session and harmful bills
Monday, September 28, 2015 Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation The end is near! Last week, legislators filed Senate Joint Resolution 721: Adjournment Resolution. This bill ends the … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: Budget Rushed and Private Medicaid Reform
Monday, September 22, 2015 Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators pushed a budget through to meet the Friday, September 18th deadline last week. The budget became public … Continue reading
Influence of Lobbyists- who is making a difference?
This article was posted on WRAL on Sunday, August 30, 2015 and is insightful into who lobbies and why. Alex Miller, contract lobbyist for NASW-NC is interviewed in the article. … Continue reading
Advocacy Update and Take Action on Medicaid Reform
Monday, August 24, 2015 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation While legislators had another slow week, big things did happen. 1) Legislators, along with the Governor, decided … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: Budget Deadline Approaching and New Medicaid Reform Plan
Monday, August 10, 2015 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation With less than a week left for their August 14th budget deadline, Senators inched closer to budget … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: No budget agreement, Foster Care goes to Governor, Medicaid Reform advances
Monday, June 29, 2015 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators took up a few bills last week but did not make any budget decisions. Not having … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: Senate Budget Passes, Gun bill, and Medicaid Reform advances
Monday, June 22, 2015 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation It was a long week at the NC General Assembly! Senate members released their spending plan late … Continue reading
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