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Monthly Archives: June 2006

S1741 House passes budget

Update (11:45 a.m.) Senate votes not to concur 47 to zip. Here we go. The House just passed S1741 by a vote of 90 to [...]
June 15, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget on the floor

The House budget hit the floor at about 10:45 this morning. Speaker Black says the schedule is to work until noon, come back and work [...]
June 14, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

S1741: House Appropriations Version

Here’s the link to the pdf of House Appropriations Committee’s version of S1741 (the budget). It was approved after a long discussion yesterday afternoon. Could [...]
June 14, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Alberto’s visit

A bit of a shift west in the track and we’ve got a lot of rain on our hands. As of this am there are [...]
June 14, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Flood watches

Most of the eastern half of NC is under a floodwatch as Tropical Storm Alberto heads north. NWS discussion indicates rain starting tonight around midnight [...]
June 13, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Navassa Zoning

Usually, there’s an interesting story behind any local bill. But not a lot of folks pay much attention to them. There’s an interesting little bill [...]
June 13, 2006 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

S1741: Modifying the Modifications

This afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee is working its way through Senate Bill 1741 aka The Budget. This is where folks are getting their licks [...]
June 13, 2006 | Posted in: Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

This week’s column

Here’s the column as it appeared in the Indy. Trash talk ain’t cheap By Kirk Ross Already with the trash talking. The N.C. House got [...]
June 8, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Elections, Legislation, NCSenate, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink