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Name: Nelson Dollar

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bill to close NC Medicaid shortfall passes House

RALEIGH, N.C. --North Carolina legislators are prepared to give the state Medicaid agency access to another $400 million through next month to close a shortfall and repay drug rebates to the federal government.The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Nelson Dollar, Liability, Fiscal Year

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

New highway funding formula gets tentative House nod

Raleigh, N.C. The House on Wednesday approved Gov. Pat McCrory's plan to divvy up money for highway construction by emphasizing projects that will boost North Carolina's economy.House Bill 817 scraps the current road-funding system that evenly divides ... [Published WRAL - May 09 2013]

Entities: Nelson Dollar, Transportation, Secondary Road

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Bill would change income requirements for pre-K

RALEIGH – House Bill 935 passed the Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday. The House was scheduled to view the legislation on Wednesday.If passed, the bill would make strict eligibility rules for the state’s free program for at-risk 4-year-o ... [Published Triangle Tribune - May 02 2013]

Entities: Education, Nelson Dollar, Bev Perdue, Pat McCrory

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Fewer children will be eligible for Pre-K in bill headed to House vote

A measure that limits the state’s preschool program mainly to 4-year-olds from families who live at or below poverty passed a House committee Tuesday, despite a mother’s plea that the tighter restriction would exclude children in need.Rep. Justin Burr, ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 01 2013]

Entities: Bev Perdue, Pat McCrory, Nelson Dollar, Republican Party (US), Albemarle Corporation

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Hager?s bill to end N.C.?s renewables policy refuses to die

Meet the bill with nine lives and twice as many votes cast against it. Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nations fifth-largest developer of solar farms. ... [Published Charlotte Observer - May 01 2013]

Entities: Tim Moore, Ruth Samuelson, Nelson Dollar

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Fewer children may be eligible for NC Pre-K

Raleigh, N.C. A bill that passed the House Health Committee Tuesday would tighten eligibility rules for NC Pre-K, the state's free program for at-risk 4-year-olds.Under current program standards, children of families making up to 75 percent of the state's ... [Published WRAL - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Nelson Dollar, Pat McCrory, Military/Armed Forces, Superior Court

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Hog industry is key to environmental victory

Scott Mooneyham journalpatriot | 0 commentsRALEIGH -- Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in preserving an environmental law?It hasn’t been that long ago that the state’s hog barons were portrayed ... [Published Wilkes Journal Patriot - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Environment, Tom Butler, Nelson Dollar, Livestock

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Health care professional rails against CRNA bill

A complex and contentious health care issue has made its way into the state Legislature where a Lexington professional spent much of March campaigning against a measure she believes would drastically change the practice of Certified Registered Nurse ... [Published Lexington Dispatch - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Jim Davis, Health Care, Nelson Dollar, collaboration, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Mooneyham: Hog farmers to the rescue

?Still, it might have been easy for some Republican and eastern Democrats to dismiss those folks as newfangled greenies.? Sunday, April 28, 2013 0 Comments | Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in ... [Published Reflector.com - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Tom Butler, Nelson Dollar, Livestock

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To Repeal Clean Energy Standard Fails In Committee

North Carolina’s renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsor’s own committee voted down his bill which mimed “model legislation” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: American Legislative Exchange Council, Renewable Energy, Ruth Samuelson, Nelson Dollar

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

NC House committee defeats proposal to end renewable energy . . .

NC House committee defeats proposal to end renewable energy program [The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)]By John Murawski, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)McClatchy-Tribune Information ServicesApril 24--RALEIGH -- The attempt to end North Carolina's ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Renewable Energy, Paul Luebke, Ruth Samuelson

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Our view: A vote for transparency

The Cleveland PostLocal residents don’t need to be schooled on what happens when elected officials do government business out of the sunlight. That is how the Wake County Board of Education dismissed Tony Tata as the superintendent without public inp ... [Published Cleveland Post - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Nelson Dollar, Paul Stam, Deborah Ross

Quotes

"It's going to help our economy all across the state," Dollar said. "it is truly a strategic transportation bill, and i truly believe that this will once again make north carolina 'the good roads state.'"

New highway funding formula gets tentative House nod [Published WRAL - May 09 2013]

Dollar says doctors are already required to supervise nurse anesthetists, and "nobody goes to a clinic or hospital just to be anesthetized. they are seeking treatment from a doctor."

Health care professional rails against CRNA bill [Published Lexington Dispatch - Apr 29 2013]

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Bill to close NC Medicaid shortfall passes House [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 17 2013]
Bill Blocks Cities from Regulating Home Appearance [Published Carolina Journal Online - May 13 2013]
New highway funding formula gets tentative Hous... [Published WRAL - May 09 2013]
Capital Votes: May 5 [Published Hendersonville Times News - May 05 2013]
How your legislators voted, April 29-May 3 [Published Star News Online - May 05 2013]
Capital Correspondence: May 3 [Published Hickory Daily Record - May 03 2013]
Bill would change income requirements for pre-K [Published Triangle Tribune - May 02 2013]
Fewer children will be eligible for Pre-K in bi... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 01 2013]
Hager?s bill to end N.C.?s renewables policy re... [Published Charlotte Observer - May 01 2013]
Fewer children may be eligible for NC Pre-K [Published WRAL - Apr 30 2013]
Hager's bill to end state's renewables standard... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - Apr 30 2013]
Hog industry is key to environmental victory [Published Wilkes Journal Patriot - Apr 29 2013]
Health care professional rails against CRNA bill [Published Lexington Dispatch - Apr 29 2013]
Mooneyham: Hog farmers to the rescue [Published Reflector.com - Apr 28 2013]
Morning Memo: Gift ban repeal dead, Hahn invest... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - Apr 25 2013]
Our view: A vote for transparency [Published Cleveland Post - Apr 25 2013]
Push to end NCs renewable energy program dies i... [Published Equities.com - Apr 25 2013]
NC House committee defeats proposal to end rene... [Published Equities.com - Apr 24 2013]
Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To R... [Published Think Progress - Apr 24 2013]
House panel turns out light on effort to end re... [Published WRAL - Apr 24 2013]
The Danger of McCrory's Bobby Jindal Imitation [Published Southern Pines Pilot - Apr 17 2013]
NC House bill would require tags and insurance ... [Published Clayton News-Star - Apr 16 2013]
N.C. tackles Medicaid reform [Published Individual.com - Apr 14 2013]
Column: Chris Fitzsimon on the danger of McCror... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - Apr 14 2013]
Fitzsimon: McCrory privitization kick is a bad ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - Apr 13 2013]
Berger dismisses mentally ill group home problem [Published BlueNC - Where North Carolina comes to think - Jan 31 2013]
When Nelson Dollar lies [Published BlueNC - Where North Carolina comes to think - Nov 26 2012]
DHHS dealing with $4.3 million 'accidental' cut... [Published WRAL - Aug 14 2012]

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Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To R... [Published Think Progress - Apr 24 2013] North Carolina’s renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsor’s own committee voted down his bill which mimed “model legislation” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ...
Berger dismisses mentally ill group home problem [Published BlueNC - Where North Carolina comes to think - Jan 31 2013] Maybe if these Alzheimer's victims joined ALEC they'd get more sympathy : "I think it's very time-sensitive," Rep. Nelson Dollar, one of the bill's sponsors, said Wednesday – one day before the money Perdue provided can no longer be accessed..."It's ...
When Nelson Dollar lies [Published BlueNC - Where North Carolina comes to think - Nov 26 2012] The Republican Reign of Error here in North Carolina is barely underway, and already GOP golden boys like Nelson Dollar are proving their chops as untrustworthy liars. Progressive Pulse drives the point home, after digesting this story from the ...