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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

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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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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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THEY’RE BAAACK

The House and Senate of the North Carolina Legislature return July 13 for another special session. The top priority is to approved new congressional and legislative districts for the next decade as mandated by the 2010 census. The process is … Continue reading

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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