House Speaker Joe Hackney has been making the rounds visiting various newspaper editorial board offices throughout the state this fall. I sat in when he arrived at the News & Record for his interview.Much of what he talked about was a review of the le...
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House Speaker Joe Hackney just sent out this statement: "After consultation with Sen. Basnight and with various members of the House of Representatives, we have agreed that the expense and time required for a veto session are not justified in this ca...
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Like many capitol reporters, I wrote an end-of-session wrap-up for tomorrow's paper. I'll post a link when I get it.Of course, like many reporters, I have more things to say than space allows. So here's some online only content for you internet reade...
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When she was asked about the idea of reforming North Carolina’s tax code earlier this year, Gov. Bev Perdue was skeptical that the General Assembly could take on the task and settle the current year budget.Now that the $19 million budget and legisla...
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