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January 25, 2012

Adams, Harrison, Jeffus score 100 percent on environmental scorecard

Reps. Alma Adams, Pricey Harrison* and Maggie Jeffus, all Greensboro Democrats, were among the 33 state lawmakers to score 100 percent on Environment North Carolina's (link) legislative scorecard. Read More

January 18, 2012

A game of numbers

Gov. Bev Perdue said today she would propose a temporary 0.75-cent sales tax increase as part of her budget for 2012. The AP reports: Read More

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January 14, 2012

Unemployment security audit

Given the tone of the discussion over North Carolina's unemployment security agency (and its $2.6 billion debt to the federal government) (link), a new audit from the State Auditor's Office struck me as interesting. Read More

January 6, 2012

"Little compassion" for African Americans

Late Thursday afternoon, as most of us scruffy media types were mopping up stories from the lawmakers early morning veto override session (link), Sen. Read More

December 16, 2011

Redistricting hearings begin

Will next year’s elections run on time?That’s the question raised by the first hearing in the lawsuits filed against the North Carolina’s legislative and congressional redistricting plans. And it’s not a crazy thought: elections in... Read More

December 6, 2011

Tillis gets pushback on his school days remark

House Speaker Thom Tillis spoke at a town hall meeting Monday night and, according to the Charlotte Observer, said he was ready to reverse a law that added five days to the school calendar. From the Observer (link): Read More

November 29, 2011

Session status

The Senate had, apparently, had enough last night. Read More

November 28, 2011

The General Assembly this week

As expected, both the House and Senate gaveled into session Sunday night, and gaveled out almost immediately. Read More

November 20, 2011

Mental Health and Racial Justice stories

Readers in Greensboro got two front page (link) Sunday stories from me today, but non-print subscribers have to use the e-edition to read them (link). Read More

November 17, 2011

Pre-K on back burner

Those hoping that the General Assembly will put more money into its Pre-Kindergarten education program when it returns to session the week after Thanksgiving are likely going to be disappointed. As my friends at the Associated Press reported this morning: Read More