Point of View: The transit proposal being reviewed by town councils and the Wake County Board of Commissioners would double bus service, create passenger commuter rail connecting Wake to Durham and initiate light rail in our most densely populated areas. Wake County, This is something voters could, and should, have a say on at the November elections
Modified: 05/29/12 04:40:57 PMComment: Agriculture has launched its election-year assault on our pocketbook under the cover of the 2012 Farm Bill, introduced in the U.S. Senate last week.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:39:57 PMAn editorial Tuesday said a preliminary state House budget would provide $9 million “more” for public television. It should have said the budget would restore $9 million for the UNC Center for Public Television. UNC-TV’s budget appropriation was cut to $10.6 million for the current budget year, but nothing was guaranteed for the upcoming budget year. Hence, the $9 million would be a $1.6 million reduction.
Modified: 05/29/12 06:39:58 PMThe Affordable Care Act will not reward certain kinds of innovation. But by providing incentives for hospitals to reduce infections, errors and readmissions, giving doctors more information on the comparative effectiveness of medical interventions and emphasizing preventive care over expensive services, the act will stimulate a panoply of true medical innovations. These may not be flashy; they might not even be visible to patients. But they will improve health care and lower costs.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:39:57 PM
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One wonders what the Veritas Institute was trying to accomplish with its recent ill-fated video about voter fraud in North Carolina; its time might have been better spent protecting us from the scourge of lightning strikes.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:43:58 PMOther Views More
The transit proposal being reviewed by town councils and the Wake County Board of Commissioners would double bus service, create passenger commuter rail connecting Wake to Durham and initiate light rail in our most densely populated areas. Wake County, This is something voters could, and should, have a say on at the November elections
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