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Pandemic lays bare North Carolina’s reliance on fines and fees

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Federal funding is essential to saving North Carolina’s public services

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42% of N.C. households don’t have enough to make it three months without income

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Medicaid Expansion and the Criminal Justice System

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Unemployment Insurance will strengthen recovery from COVID-19

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Women more likely than men to file for unemployment in 2020

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SB808 is the wrong policy fix for Medicaid

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Lessons from the Great Recession: Helping people, supporting communities, speeding recovery

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Report: N.C.’s reliance on fee revenue is challenging COVID-19 relief efforts now

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Latest unemployment data show persistent job losses, critical role programs play in stabilizing incomes

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May labor market picture shows potential for another uneven recovery absent more robust and targeted policy

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Lawmakers, workers, advocates call for changes to NC’s unemployment system to help jobless during COVID-19 crisis and beyond

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