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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Bill of the Day: Open meeting law’s digital makeover

The state’s rules on open meetings is updated to include email, web sites and so on. New language in underline. The bill, H81, was introduced [...]
February 9, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dire straights

Just sat through the back-to-back budget briefings on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first one, which looked at revenue, was bleak. The second, which looked at [...]
February 5, 2009 | Posted in: Health Care | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Pay teachers those ABC bonuses

Chosen for its line-in-the-sand approach in anticipation that teacher, like the rest of the state’s employees are going to take it on the chin this [...]
February 4, 2009 | Posted in: Legislation | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Greenhouse gas credits for farmers

Rep. Bill Faison is sponsoring H28, a bill to study the idea of allowing farmers to receive credits under cap and trade. The study would [...]
February 3, 2009 | Posted in: Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Hunting on Sunday

Time to invest in a blaze orange vest. Senator Boseman has introduced Senate Bill 7, a bill to repeal the prohibition of hunting on Sunday. [...]
February 2, 2009 | Posted in: Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink