05/25/2009
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Mon.: Catching up, looking ahead
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Laura Leslie
posted at 2009-05-25 14:04 | Last modified 2009-05-25 14:04
posted at 2009-05-25 14:04 | Last modified 2009-05-25 14:04
Happy Memorial Day! In case you've been attending services, eating BBQ, relaxing on the beach, or watching the race, here's a quick round-up of the weekend highlights.
- Greensboro's Mark Binker has the backstory on proposed changes to NC's negligence laws.
- The AP's Gary Robertson catches you up on the Easley investigation.
- Charlotte's Mark Johnson explains what's been ailing Senate Pro Tem Marc Basnight.
- Former Raleigh mayor and current NCGOP chair candidate Tom Fetzer says he’s suing a radio host for forwarding an e-mail alleging Fetzer is gay. Mark Johnson and Ryan Teague Beckwith have the details. (Related: John Locke blogger Jeff Taylor doesn't think this bodes well for the GOP.)
- WRAL’s Cullen Browder reports major handwringing over Garrett Perdue's appearance at last week’s Growler party.
- Char-O's Jack Betts looks back at the political battle over letting NC governors serve two terms.
- The N&O's Rob Christensen weighs in on Cary Allred and the aging legislature.
- Also at the N&O, David Bracken, Mike Biesecker, and Jim Wise report economic woes are making the perennial tension between local budgets and legislative delays worse than ever.
- And WRAL says expelled lawmaker Thomas Wright was back in court this week to appeal his conviction.
On the blogs
At BlueNC, Steve Harrison and the StopTitan.org folks are wondering what role former Governor Mike Easley may have played in bringing Titan Cement to Cape Fear.
Over at Red Clay Citizen, Bob Luebke doesn’t think much of House Dems’proposal to shorten the school year.
Talking About Politics’ Carter Wrenn compares the Easley administration to “a plague of Snopes” (read your Faulkner). His TAP counterpoint Gary Pearce isn’t much kinder.
Coming up
- Tuesday at 11am, House Education takes up S526, the anti-bullying bill.
- Tues at noon, House Health considers H1063, amending rabies laws to include ferrets, and making other changes to animal control statutes. The Senate version (S674) is up in Senate Finance Wed. at 1pm.
- Wednesday at 10am, Senate Education debates H223, a proposal to get rid of the statewide requirement for high school graduation projects.
Lots more, I'm sure, plus no end of wrangling over budget cuts in the House. Stay tuned.
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