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Monthly Archives: May 2011

A little gospel

Members of the Legislative Black Caucus singing an impromptu gospel song at this week’s NAACP rally at the North Carolina General Assembly on May 24, [...]
May 27, 2011 | Posted in: General Assembly, video | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Fracking updates

Lisa Sorg has another piece out on the fracking of NC. This one deals with the lease agreements. He overview story from a few issues [...]
May 27, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Energy, Environment, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Senate budget hits Clean Water Trust Fund

Little doubt that the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, one of the chief sources of funding for land protection and conservation, water and sewer projects [...]
May 25, 2011 | Posted in: DENR, Environment | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning fun

John Lithgow performs the ‘epic’ Newt Gingrich press release. Stirring. The Colbert ReportTags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
May 20, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

DENR cuts — a receipts-supported agency?

One aspect of the budget proposal that is troublesome is a move to require most of DENR’s workforce to be supported by either matching federal [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Budget, DENR, Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts and the environment

Following are a series of posts on specific proposed cuts in the budget that will threaten environmental protection, land conservation and long standing programs aimed [...]
May 19, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, DENR, Environment, General Assembly, NCHouse | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget cuts that are jeopardizing our environment

Here’s the first column for the Indy in several years. Glad to be back doing it. Not happy about having to share this unfortunate bit [...]
May 18, 2011 | Posted in: Columns, Environment, NCHouse | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

WRAL livestreaming judiciary hearing

Lots going on, including comments on Racial Justice Act agenda as of this am: Judiciary Subcommittee B (House) Rendering Act Amendments. (H512) Amend Felony Firearms [...]
May 18, 2011 | Posted in: Courts, NCHouse | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink