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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 [...]
June 30, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Legislation, NCSenate, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

This week’s column

Here’s the column as it appears in the Indy. And here’s the text: 
June 29, 2006 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | 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 [...]
June 29, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | 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. [...]
June 29, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | 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 [...]
June 27, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Environment | Comments closed | 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 [...]
June 27, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Education, Policy | Comments closed | 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 [...]
June 24, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation, Speech of the Week | Comments closed | 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 [...]
June 23, 2006 | Posted in: Columns | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink