Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, previews the 2013 N.C. legislative session, focusing on tax reform, voter ID, teacher tenure, Medicaid budget woes, and unemployment insurance reform. Berger offered these comments during a Jan. 16, 2013, news briefing.
Advocates: ‘One Door’ policy would get welfare recipients back to work
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday heard from experts on the so-called “One Door” welfare reform policy implemented by Utah, a policy that advocates say helped to streamline the system and get more welfare recipients back into the labor force.