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Eugenics compensation bill read in

The House just read in H947, which sets up the structure for the long-awaited compensation of victims of the state’s eugenics program. Here’s the text [...]

Text of S795 Senate education plan

Here’s the link and here’s the text: Short Title: Excellent Public Schools Act. Sponsors: Senators Apodaca, P. Berger, and Tillman (Primary Sponsors). Referred to: A [...]
April 23, 2012 | Posted in: Current Events, Education, Legislation, NCSenate | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee draft report is an interesting read

Not kidding. The Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee is requesting comments from the public on it’s draft report and it’s a pretty fascinating read. There’s a [...]
April 17, 2012 | Posted in: Current Events, Legislation, Policy | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

ACLU files suit over Choose Life plates

The ACLU announced this morning that it has filed suit against the state over the Choose Life license plates adopted in the regular session this [...]
September 8, 2011 | Posted in: Courts, Health Care, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Four groins for the coast

Star-News is reporting that a deal has been struck to allow construction of four terminal groins on the coast. Negotiations started with a wide gap [...]
June 9, 2011 | Posted in: Environment, Legislation | Tags: | 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

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

Amazonia

It looks like Amazon’s affiliate program shut down in NC is part of a long running battle between local and state govs and the mail [...]
June 30, 2009 | Posted in: Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink