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REGULATORY RELIEF
Where does it begin? With the president? With congress or legislators? With the governor? Answer: most likely with bureaucrats. And that’s the hard and discouraging truth. Individual members of congress have been heard to lament that bureaucrats in regulatory agencies … Continue reading
VIEW FROM THE TOP
N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis and members of the Gaston County legislative delegation toured the Textile Technology Center last Monday with director John Anderson. It was a gold-plated event as far as impact is concerned. Speaker Tillis was impressed. Within … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset, budget, Dale Folwell, Democrat, Development, Education, Eliminate, Forsythe, Gaston County, General Assembly, HIGHLIGHTS, hosiery, House, John Anderson, John Torbett. Kathy Harrighton, Kelly Hastings, Legislative, Mandate, manufacturing, Medicaid, Mike Hager, NC, North Carolina, Pat Skinner, Paul Fogleman, Republican, Research, Senate, state, Textile, Textile Technology Center, Thom Tillis, US Manufacturing, William Currence
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MIXED PICTURE FOR SPECIAL SESSION
Representatives and senators in the North Carolina General Assembly are back in Raleigh Sept.12-15 to deal with unfinished business. Not about jobs. No bills on the table dealing with the business climate. The pressing issue is same-sex marriage. North Carolina … Continue reading
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Tagged amendment, ballot, Beverly Perdue, bills, business, campaign, constitutional, contributions, Democrats, election, General Assembly, Hurricane, jobs, law, Legislative, majority, marriage, North Carolina, november, raleigh, representatives, republicans, same sex, senators, state, Walter Dalton
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Fab 5 and How They Will Tilt The Budget
Republican budget leaders in the N.C. House of Representatives call them the Fabulous Five: Democrats Bill Owen of Elizabeth City, Tim Spear of Creswell, Dewey Hill of Lake Waccamaw, Bill Brisson of Dublin, and Jim Crawford of Oxford. They joined … Continue reading
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Tagged DENR, GOP, House Republicans, Manufacturing Solutions Center, medical, state
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WHERE’S THE ‘REAL WORLD’?
The big debate in Raleigh this week could have been a shadow of the controversies in the Midwest legislatures over rights and benefits for public employees. Several members of the House Appropriations Committee referred to the “real world” in the … Continue reading
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Tagged House Appropriations Committee, North Carolina, representatives, state, State Treasurer, Tort Reform
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TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Last Wednesday 18 executives from hosiery and textiles manufacturing operations visited the North Carolina General Assembly as decisions were coalescing around a state budget. What brought the business people to the Legislature was continued state support for technology and research … Continue reading
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Tagged Education Appropriations Committee, Jerry Tillman, jobs, malpractice, medical, North Carolina, state, Textile Technology Center
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Our Business Breakfast With N.C. Legislators
Help us save our Manufacturing Solutions Center And the Textiles Technology Center Wednesday, March 16 7:30 a.m. Legislative Cafeteria Lawmakers this year are serious about cutting the state budget by over $2 billion. And that’s good to root our bloated … Continue reading
SEEING RED
After all, it was on Valentine’s Day when Gov. Beverly Perdue presented her “State of the State” speech to the North Carolina General Assembly. Dressed in red and standing in the well of the House Chamber, Gov. Perdue looked over … Continue reading
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Tagged Governor, House Chamber, Liberal Democrats, majority, representatives, state, State Employees, United States
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MAKING THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME
Appropriations subcommittees are meeting and Finance committees are gathering data about the state’s current financial health. New General Assembly leaders have released a calendar that calls for the budget to be sent to the Governor by June 2. The schedule … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Colleges, General Assembly, General Fund, manufacturing, MARCH, state
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