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3/08 -	The Arc of Buncombe County 5K March Run Walk
3/16 -	"How to Destroy a Democracy Step by Step"
3/17 -	What's Next for Asheville's Water?

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3/08 -

NC Board of Education lowers required passing score for state exams in light of Common Core changes

3/08 -

Blackfoot tribal member brings buffalo heart to Idaho governor to protest killing of pregnant bison

3/08 -

States push for drug testing as a requirement to receive welfare benefits; new bills could withstand legal scrutiny

3/08 -

Obama authorizes sanctions in order to push Russia to pull back its troops in Crimea

3/08 -

Federal government unresponsive to NC questions about repayment of unemployment benefits given to furloughed workers during government shutdown

3/07 -

BREAKING: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 goes missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing; 227 passengers, 12 crew aboard

3/07 -

Pope Francis says he understands need for civil unions

3/07 -

Despite assurances, Duke finds more corrugated pipes at containment ponds -- like the one that failed at Dan River plant

3/07 -

SAT to be revamped to align with new Common Core curriculum

3/07 -

Funding for public preschools in question, despite evidence of long term benefits for students

3/07 -

BREAKING: Martin Nesbitt, NC senator from Buncombe and progressive, dies at 67

3/06 -

Village Voice: Religious Right pursues loophole in Title II of Civil Rights Act to promote discrimination in recent "religious freedom" laws

3/06 -

Forty-one states to teach financial literacy in the classroom after recent recession -- but what of role of lack of regulation, faulty laissez-faire policies?

3/06 -

Missouri lawmakers push for approval of Keystone XL Pipeline by Obama Administration

3/06 -

New York funds state grant to cover start-up costs of drone testing

3/06 -

Utah Senate endorses bill removing state curriculum guidelines for parents who home-school their children

3/05 -

BREAKING: Nesbitt steps down as majority leader due to health concerns

3/05 -

Worker's coalition coming to Asheville to protest Publix grocery chain's resistance to field workers' concerns for safety

3/05 -

California universities consider implementing 'student success fees' to mask tuition hikes

3/05 -

SC lawmakers cut funding from universities that assigned gay-themed literature

3/05 -

Five Duke Energy power plants lack necessary storm water permits, are cited by NC regulators

3/04 -

Republicans propose bill in Iowa to permit malpractice suits against doctors over 'abortion regret'

3/04 -

Environmental groups ask NC governor to declare state of emergency over virus outbreak in hog farms

3/04 -

Poland calls for NATO meeting about Russian action in the Ukraine; sanctions against Russia likely, says Obama

3/04 -

In light of Arizona bill, Supreme Court case weighs religious freedom of those who claim to be offended by gay marriage

3/03 -

Obama in "direct conflict" with Putin over Ukraine; level of disagreement said to be unseen since Cold War

3/03 -

Greenwald: Obama's NSA reforms mere 'window dressing'

3/03 -

Detrimental effect of 'rich bullies' like Art Pope on democracy grossly underestimated

3/03 -

'Bail-in' lawsuits new strategy for fighting Republican attempts to limit minority turnout in NC, other states

3/02 -

BREAKING: Congress to consider "targeted sanctions" against Russia in wake of Crimean invasion

3/02 -

FOCUS ON DRUG WAR: D.A.R.E. anti-drug school curriculum removes mentions of marijuana in wake of legalizations, decriminalizations

3/02 -

FOCUS ON DRUG WAR: National Epilepsy Foundation calls for increased availability of medical marijuana

3/02 -

FOCUS ON DRUG WAR: 'Policing for profit,' block grants based solely on narcotics arrests lead to perverse policies punishing victims of addiction

3/02 -

FOCUS ON DRUG WAR: Philip Seymour Hoffman's death, like many others, result of criminalization of addiction

3/01 -

New research shows that 75 percent of economic development incentive money awarded by government goes to huge firms, not 'mom and pops'

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