In the News: February 2010
FEBRUARY 2010 Also see clips from January 2010, December 2009, November 2009, October 2009, September 2009, August 2009, July 2009, June 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009 and January 2009. "Rising Blue Cross Bills stun North Carolina," News & Observer, Feb. 25, http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/25/357003/rising-blue-cross-bills-st... (Adam Linker quoted) "Goldman defending actions on student assignment policy motion," News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 25, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/category/tags/Chris-Fitzsimon#ixzz0iLje6EnI (Chris Fitzsimon cited) "Fitzsimon on taking a "step back from the resegregationist brink,"" News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 25, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/category/tags/Chris-Fitzsimon#ixzz0iLjk3mp0 (Chris Fitzsimon cited) "Ann Denlinger speaks out on Burns and the next superintendent," News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 25, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/category/tags/Chris-Fitzsimon#ixzz0iLjwun9w (Chris Fitzsimon cited) "Justice Center's 'favorite' health innovations," Charlotte Observer blog, Feb. 25, 2010 http://jackbetts.blogspot.com/2010/02/justice-centers-favorite-health.html (Adam Linker cited) "Not local governments place," Cary News, Feb. 24, http://www.carynews.com/2010/02/24/16198/not-local-governments-place.html (Adam Linker op-ed) "Unfair contract," Winston-Salem Journal, Feb. 23, http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/feb/23/unfair-contract/ "Making the case," News & Observer, Feb. 21, 2010, http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/21/350412/making-the-case.html (Adam Searing op-ed) "N.C. Policy Watch urges leaders to listen to Burns' interviews," News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 18, 2010, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/category/tags/Rob-Schofield#ixzz0iLj03zka http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/19/346747/burns-may-be-forced-out-ea... "The misplaced stigma," Carrboro Citizen, Feb. 18, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2010/02/18/the-misplaced-stigma/ "Checking up on Forsyth County's health," Winston-Salem Journal, Feb. 18, http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/feb/18/checking-up-on-forsyth-co... "Calling Burns' resignation and Forest Ridge part of the ideological stigma," News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 17, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/calling-burns-resignation-and-fores... "Report: Blue Cross method overhead consistent," WRAL, Feb. 16, http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/7047327/ "Close the lobby," News & Observer, Feb. 15, http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/340230.html "The Report Card," Asheville Citizen-Times, Feb. 15, http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100215/OPINION01/302150006/1006 "Unemployment benefits could run out at the end of the month," Burlington Times-News, Feb. 14, http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/run-31685-benefits-unemployment.html "Carolina Newsmakers," WPTF, Feb. 14, http://wptfnewsplus.blogspot.com/2010/02/carolina-newsmakers-21410.html "Don't give up now on health reform," News & Observer, Feb. 12, http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/333721.html "Paying to lobby public officials for the public," Southern Pines Pilot, Feb. 12, http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/feb/12/paying-to-lobby-public-official... "Hospital charity care policies examined, Charlotte Observer, Feb. 12,http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/1241163.html "NC hospitals becoming more open about charity care policies WFAE, Feb. 12, http://wfae.org/wfae/1_87_115.cfm?action=display&id=5859 "Care for poor is often free," News & Observer, Feb. 12,http://www.newsobserver.com/news/counties/orange_county/story/334228.html?storylink=misearch "Audit: state prisons overpay for inmate medical care," WRAL, Feb. 11, http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/7007877/ "NC students' AP test scores beat national average," News & Observer, Feb. 11, http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/332316.html "Hospitals pay higher tab for patients who can't pay," News 14, Feb. 11, http://news14.com/triangle-news-30-content/top_stories/621920/hospitals-pay-higher-tab-for-nbsp-patients-who-can-t-pay "Group: hospitals should detail charity care policies online," WRAL, Feb. 11, http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7011160/ "More evidence of North Carolina's failures in mental health reform," Carrboro Citizen, Feb. 11, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2010/02/11/more-evidence-of-north-ca... "Praising the WEP school assignment report," Feb. 10, News & Observer WakeEd blog, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/praising-the-wep-school-assignment-... (Chris Fitzsimon cited) "Two businessmen invested big in Wake County schools race," News & Observer, Feb. 9, http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/328930.html "Justice Center: NC hospitals better than most at charity care," Triangle Business Journal, Feb. 8,http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/02/08/daily39.html "Hospital charity care segment," WPTF, Feb. 8, no link available. "Paying to lobby public officials for the public?" Carrboro Citizen, Feb. 4, 2010, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2010/02/04/paying-to-lobby-public-of... "Fitzsimon on the missteps of the 'Gang of Five'," News & Observer WakeEd blog, Feb. 3, http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/fitzsimon-on-the-missteps-of-the-ga... "Lobbying up a storm -- but why?" News & Observer, Feb. 3, 2010, http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:wNsI5i50_b4J:www.newsobserver.com/op... "MLK Day Human Rights Conference," Horizon (Whatcom Community College Magazine), Feb. 3, http://www.whatcomhorizon.com/2010/02/mlk-human-rights-conference/ "A tour of six states," The American Prospect, Feb. 1, http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_tour_of_six_states "Reform amid fiscal ruin," The American Prospect, Feb. 1, http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=reform_amid_fiscal_ruin "What's wrong with Wake County School Board's diversity policy?" Raleigh Independent Examiner, Feb. 1, http://ww.examiner.com/x-37404-Raleigh-Independent-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Is... Also see clips from January 2010, December 2009, November 2009, September 2009, August 2009, July 2009, June 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009 and January 2009.
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(Associated Press story, Adam Searing interviewed, also ran in Business Weekhttp://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9DTUJ7G0.htm the SF Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/84583582.html, Yahoo News http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Report-Blue-Cross-overhead-apf-1761319738.... Myrtle Beach Sun News http://www.thesunnews.com/564/story/1319193.html and The Rocky Mount Telegram http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/features/report-blue-cross-overhead-me...
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