Monthly Archives: April 2010
Calendar controversy: School system wants state lawmakers to renew scheduling debate
Polls aren’t expecting crowds
Wise: Cooking up a tasty recipe for disaster
Four vie to challenge Price
Proposed schools budget cuts hundreds of jobs
Charter schools allege inequity in state policy
Misguided pressure from Right Wing Ave.
North Carolina needs the Local Jobs For America Act
As of January 2010, there were more than five unemployed workers per job opening nationally. In order to get Americans back to work, Rep. George Miller (D-CA) has introduced the Local Jobs for America Act, which would authorize $100 billion over three years to preserve jobs in state and local government and create jobs in the public and nonprofit sectors to meet essential community needs. [Continue Reading...]
The money shuffles begins again
The latest round of state campaign finance reports are in and the usual speculation about the money race has begun. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight raised just over $500,000 in the first quarter of 2010 and now has $725,000 in the bank, far more than other state politician. It is a reminder of how powerful Basnight remains and how badly special interests want him to know how much they really care. [Continue Reading...]
