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New York Times
January 29, 2018
And the federal farm legislation of 2014 legalized hemp's cultivation for research purposes in universities in states where it's been approved by law. New York ... The first modern hemp house was constructed in 2010, in North Carolina. ... In Britain, HAB Housing built five homes with hempcrete last year.
Washington Times Herald
January 29, 2018
In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and ... This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community services such as schools, public safety and healthÃÂ ...
CityLab
January 28, 2018
There's a huge question facing American cities, and, thanks to the recently enacted federal tax law, it just got more urgent: How are cities going to fund ... The corporate tax rate reduction also has the effect of devaluing federal tax credits that have been used to raise private capital for low-income housing,ÃÂ ...
QNotes
January 26, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Out Charlotte City Councilmember and Democrat LaWana Mayfield has announced her bid for North Carolina's State Senate District 38 seat, a run Mayfield says she will continue to pursue despite a recent court ruling which redrew North Carolina legislative maps and places herÃÂ ...
MyAJC
January 18, 2018
Intriguingly, Indianapolis and Raleigh made the shortlist despite recent political firestorms over similar legislation. In Indiana, lawmakers and then-Gov. Mike Pence reversed course on a religious liberty bill by adding anti-discrimination language, and North Carolina tried to fix a “bathroom bill” withÃÂ ...
The Bellingham Herald
January 14, 2018
The federal Fair Housing Act, part of the larger Civil Rights Act of 1968, initially prohibited a seller, landlord or bank from discriminating against a ... President Johnson said his approval of the landmark legislation was a fitting tribute to the slain Dr. King. ... Don't forget your bread from Toast, North Carolina.
Port City Daily
January 13, 2018
New Hanover County ranks “very high” in housing insecurity rankings according to the North Carolina Housing Coalition's findings. (Port City Daily photo /COURTESY NCHC). NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Expensive housing, minimal affordable options, stagnant and low wages: a mismatched equationÃÂ ...
Greater Wilmington Business Journal
January 11, 2018
Paul D'Angelo, chairman of the Cape Fear Housing Coalition, speaks during the coalition's annual Legislative Breakfast on Thursday. ... value to potential investors for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, a program that helps offset the costs of building affordable housing in North Carolina and across the U.S.
WHQR
January 10, 2018
Gina: You have a speaker for the Legislative Breakfast? Paul: Yes, we have two. Samuel Gunter is coming from the North Carolina Housing Coalition. Great. He is so knowledgeable about what's happening statewide when it comes to housing. So he'll give us an update on what's happening statewide withÃÂ ...
North Carolina Health News
December 31, 1999
She also talked to North Carolina legislative staff about the training they already do for incoming legislators to find out what health policy topics would be most ... When making health care policy, he urged his audience to really consider social determinants of health — housing, income, transportation andÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
November 23, 2017
... produce a wider variety of sweet potatoes than do North Carolina growers. ... At a state legislative hearing in May, in the Moreno report and again in a ... of Ventura County, the Many Mansions nonprofit housing group and ...
Deadspin
November 22, 2017
A group of North Carolina farmworkers—pickle and cucumber workers ... of 2017, also known as Senate Bill 615, which Cooper signed into law in July. .... It is on the farmers to provide what the state deems adequate housing.
The Guardian
November 20, 2017
Last month, Booker unveiled new legislation, supported by a group of ... including a North Carolina community next to hog farms that spray untreated waste ... Years of racist housing policies, tacitly and explicitly approved by ...
KXLY Spokane
November 18, 2017
Mortgage Credit and Housing: The legislation acknowledges that ... Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) and Jerry ...
POLITICO Magazine
November 10, 2017
... North Carolina, a local business leader introduced Cory Booker as a man “who ... oratory than the relative drudgery of governance and legislation. .... thanks to fair housing activists who outsmarted a realtor who didn't want ...
Mortgage News Daily
November 10, 2017
State-Level News, Lending Law Changes; Accounting and Forecasting ... In California, will increased labor wages help or hinder the California housing market? .... North Carolina enacted House Bill 770, which amends North ...
Competitive Enterprise Institute (blog)
November 9, 2017
Nearly a decade since the housing bust of 2008 sent the U.S. economy into a tailspin, much legislation has been enacted and regulation promulgated in ... professor of economics at University of North Carolina-Greensboro, ...
HuffPost
November 9, 2017
Keeping the land out of the real estate market holds down housing prices, as does limiting .... A few states have adopted legislation requiring that CLT property be assessed at a lower ... (e.g. Florida, North Carolina, Vermont).
Southeast Energy News
November 7, 2017
In the latest chapter in a years-long controversy, the North Carolina General ... would be open to the public like other legislative studies, officials in charge of ... of potential conflict – from housing developments to wind turbines.
The Progressive Pulse
October 31, 2017
Youth Justice Project: North Carolina can do more improve juvenile justice system ... year to pass “Raise the Age” legislation so that 16- and 17-year-olds ... being suspended or expelled and being evicted from public housing.
POLITICO Magazine
October 30, 2017
A legislative terrorist.” .... Richard Burr, who today is the senior senator from North Carolina, was campaigning for a House .... specifically the early stages of the housing bubble—Democrats took advantage of a demoralized ...
Richmond.com
October 30, 2017
After North Carolina lowered its income taxes by 4 percent, it rose from 41st ... citing the cost of housing criminals as a large concern (every person in ... He is focused on helping Virginia laws stay up to date — especially since ...
News & Observer
October 27, 2017
In the statement, he said he opposed anti-LGBTQ legislation such as ... a bully pulpit for pro-equality legislation or policy in the face of a North Carolina ... on everything from affordable housing and city spending to ensuring all ...
BillMoyers.com
October 24, 2017
... off from her job as an administrative assistant at a housing management company, ... The impact of Wisconsin's voter-ID law received almost no attention. .... A month after the Supreme Court ruling, North Carolina passed a ...
Christian News Network
October 24, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Democratic governor of North Carolina has ... to the state, the ACLU and its complainants found the legislation to be insufficient. ... it's perfectly legal for businesses to deny employment, housing, and ...
BlueRidgeNow.com
October 23, 2017
Pre-emption uses state law to wrest local control from cities, towns and counties ... North Carolina is ground zero for state pre-emption. ... ability to require affordable housing set-asides that would help prevent gentrification.
CNET
October 21, 2017
Lawmakers aim to create federal laws that increase your rights and ... to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in early October. .... Patrick McHenry, a Republican from North Carolina, introduced a bill last ...
The Newtown Bee
October 21, 2017
Legislative Council, Borough Zoning Panel Opposing 'Granny Pods' ... handicapped-accessible housing on their caregiver's property. ... Besides Connecticut, other states that allow granny pods are Minnesota, North Carolina, ...
Connecticut Law Tribune
October 20, 2017
Connecticut wants to make it easier for taxpayers to care for aging or impaired dependents at home by allowing small, freestanding structures ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
October 14, 2017
7-9 p.m. Oct. 24: 809 Church St. Santa Cruz City Council housing study session. ... Legislative Analyst's Office, which pointed out not enough housing was ... the annual cost of housing is twice that of Charlotte, North Carolina, ...
The Signal
October 10, 2017
These resolutions include plans to review HIV criminalization laws, ... and outspoken criticism of North Carolina's transgender bathroom bill, ... Many of the mayoral candidates have plans for increased affordable housing, ...
The Robesonian
October 7, 2017
... nearly $237 million in U.S. Housing and Urban Development money ... that was sponsored by the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.
WPXI Pittsburgh
September 29, 2017
Jerry Brown will sign legislation Friday aimed at tackling California's growing ..... in Afghanistan in 2009, pleaded guilty Monday in North Carolina to desertion ...
Port City Daily
September 29, 2017
The property is still zoned as a manufactured housing park, but it is listed for ... “Between the county and state changes in legislation, their revamped ... Executive director Brad Lovin for the North Carolina Manufactured and ...
The Robesonian
September 28, 2017
The event, sponsored by the North Carolina Legislative Black ... LEAF Foundation staff, housing specialists, and representatives of other ...
KCET
December 31, 1999
Hudson House was the culmination of a rich history of housing activism in the ..... When the legislation was finally passed, the new HUD eligibility .... World War II (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013).
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
North Carolina's two largest cities are preparing for mayoral ... to the replacement legislation if online retailing giant Amazon wants ... McFarlane of failing to address adequately affordable housing in the city of 430,000.
LocalNews8.com
December 31, 1999
A North Carolina native, McLaurin earned his master's degree from the ... He also established the Town of Jackson employee housing program. ... with the Wyoming Municipal League during the upcoming legislative session.
ThinkProgress
December 31, 1999
Given that North Carolina somewhat diluted its anti-transgender law ... in employment and housing in Massachusetts, but not in public spaces.
WRAL.com
December 31, 1999
Neither is the University of North Carolina system, which was also a ... it with legislation that continued to put the state in control of who could use which ... lack protections in housing, employment and public accommodations.
vtdigger.org
September 22, 2017
... legislation last year banning non-essential travel to North Carolina, ... The Department of Housing and Urban Development also withdrewÃÂ ...
Northdallasgazette
September 22, 2017
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HousingWire
September 22, 2017
The list of housing finances groups listed in the letter includes: ... bipartisan, legislative reforms,” the letter stated (the full letter can be found here). ... Conference hosted by the North Carolina Bankers Association, Watt said heÃÂ ...
WLOS
September 22, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are urging a state commission not to grant Democratic Gov.
Black Mountain News
September 20, 2017
18 staked out their positions on town growth and affordable housing. ... the laughing stock of Western North Carolina the way we conducted ... He expressed a need for more veterans in the legislative branch of government.
WBIW.com
September 20, 2017
... organizations, which note that military personnel in Camp Lejeune housing "drank, ... Ensminger credited North Carolina Republican Sens. ... Burr introduced the 2012 legislation to provide free VA medical care for veteransÃÂ ...
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal
September 6, 2017
(This) vote to help both North Carolina and Texas is just the next step in my ... Congressman Pittenger also wrote Secretary of Housing and Urban ... Wednesday's Hurricane Harvey funding legislation provides $7.85 billion forÃÂ ...
Twin Cities Arts Reader
September 4, 2017
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Middletown Press
September 3, 2017
In North Carolina, badly hit by Hurricane Floyd in 1999, “they've actually ... “New York state passed legislation that every agency, when it's going to ... In Vermont, which was hard hit by Irene, municipal housing staffs “actuallyÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 2, 2017
Jerry Brown hasn't yet signed legislation making California a so-called ... vital for a strong economy and a healthier future,” North Carolina Gov.
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