Monthly Archives: June 2008
McCrory revs up crowd to own drumbeat
Regional Briefs: Racial-bias appeals have clergy support
Crown jewels atop a tattered robe
Budget negotiations between House and Senate leaders have shifted from joint meetings in corner rooms to shuttled offers from the leaders of one chamber to another, with one proposal late Wednesday morning including efforts to settle 25 key differences between the two budgets. [Continue Reading...]
Common sense recommendations on the state budget
Progressive advocates send “open letter” to House and Senate budget conferees
With the end of the fiscal year just days away, state lawmakers are attempting to wrap up negotiations on this year’s state budget bill – or, more accurately, the bill to adjust the 2007-’09 biennial budget. As has been reported on numerous occasions in recent weeks by Chris Fitzsimon, this year’s process has been anything but a happy or encouraging.
Unfair bank practices threaten to shred the safety net of Social Security for older Americans
Americans 55 and over pay $4.5 billion in fees annually for overdraft loans they haven't asked for and typically don't want, a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending finds. Of that, nearly $1 billion is stripped from people heavily dependent on Social Security income. The new report "Shredded Security: [Continue Reading...]
The hyperbole about crime
NC primary season ends with record low turnout
Senate clears way for negotiations
Rush to aid tire makers followed by little action
Oh mercy, Pat
State workers rally for raises
Fuel costs melt down school budgets
Anti-gang bill before Easley
The baffling budget and education
Just when you thought the legislative budget process couldn’t get any more frustrating, it reached new heights of insanity Tuesday, alternating between closed, unannounced meetings and brief episodes of openness revealing that rank and file lawmakers have little power and decisions they thought they had made don’t mean much. [Continue Reading...]
