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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 [...] Full Story, Permalink »
By kmr Jun 30, 2006 Posted in: Current Events, Legislation, NCSenate, Policy Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 29, 2006 Posted in: Columns Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 29, 2006 Posted in: Legislation, NCSenate Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 29, 2006 Posted in: Legislation, NCSenate Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 27, 2006 Posted in: Current Events, Environment Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 27, 2006 Posted in: Current Events, Education, Policy Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 24, 2006 Posted in: Legislation, Speech of the Week Comments closed

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 »
By kmr Jun 23, 2006 Posted in: Columns Comments closed