I spoke with U.S. Sen. Richard Burr yesterday about health care and food security for a couple of stories I’m working on. We finished up our conversation talking about his vote on the Franken amendment.For those who need the back story:
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Sen. Kay Hagan, a Greensboro, has been doing weekly conference calls with North Carolina reporters for a while now, mostly on Wednesdays.Today's came after the ten freshmen Democrats in the Senate took the floor and said in various ways that they supporte...
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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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Bill drafting maven Gerry Cohen gives notice by e-mail and by way of his blog this evening of the work (at least in raw numbers) that the General Assembly has accomplished this year:
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This is just a short reminder of the General Assembly's end of session plans.The House is due to meet this evening for votes. (Calendar PDF here.) In most cases, they'll have the option of agreeing with a Senate bill or delaying action until May of next y...
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