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Bill of the Day: Battle over immigration and higher education

Conflicting approaches to immigration and higher education on the agenda for the legislature. H362 instructs the community college and UNC systems not to implement any [...]
March 3, 2009 | Posted in: Immigration, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Collective bargaining

Senator Shaw does the honors and introduces S178, which would repeal 95-98, which would clear the way for collective bargaining for state and local government [...]
February 17, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Oh noes! NC has the lowest business tax burden in the country.

Those commies over at Ernst & Young have put the state — yes, this one here — at the bottom of the list in terms [...]
February 13, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Disapprove Jordan Lake Rules

HB3 wins the honors today for the audacity of nope. The bill would “disapprove” the Jordan Lake rules, which will require serious changes in stormwater [...]
February 10, 2009 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

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

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