Monthly Archives: June 2006
Smokeless
At 12:45 p.m. today, the House voted 95-14 to concur with the Senate on House Bill 1133, which makes the General Assembly and all of [...] Full Story, Permalink »
This week’s column
Here’s the column as it appears in the Indy. And here’s the text: Reform school By Kirk Ross In the back of the room gathered [...] Full Story, Permalink »
Senate out for the time being
The Senate has adjourned until 11 a.m. Friday, but is likely to go back into session tonight to read in the conference report according to [...] Full Story, Permalink »
Budget is cooking
House just went into recess until 1 p.m. Speaker Black says the conferees are still working it out, but that there may be good news. [...] Full Story, Permalink »
NC Nuke waste
This just in via CQ: Senate Chairman Proposes Interim Storage for Nuclear Waste A leading nuclear power advocate unveiled an energy and water spending bill [...] Full Story, Permalink »
State drops in child well-being report
A national study released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that North Carolina dropped from 40th to 41st in the state-by-state ranking of [...] Full Story, Permalink »
Speech of the Week
Here’s the set-up: House Bill 1845, one of the bills intended to reform the rules on campaigns, gifts and so on, greatly tightens what legislators [...] Full Story, Permalink »
This week’s column
Tobacco ban in the halls of the legislature, the budget goes to conference, the ferry chief is convicted and Vern’s getting big props. Via the [...] Full Story, Permalink »
