Archive for June, 2008
McCrory revs up crowd to own drumbeat
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Regional Briefs: Racial-bias appeals have clergy support
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Crown jewels atop a tattered robe
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Budget 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.
Common sense recommendations on the state budget
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Progressive 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
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Americans 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 hyperbole about crime
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
NC primary season ends with record low turnout
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Senate clears way for negotiations
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Rush to aid tire makers followed by little action
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Oh mercy, Pat
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008State workers rally for raises
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Fuel costs melt down school budgets
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Anti-gang bill before Easley
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008The baffling budget and education
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Just 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.
