Events Planned for the Conservative Leadership Conference
The Civitas Institute is pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Conservative Leadership Conference will feature three general sessions. The topics that will be discussed are: The Reagan Legacy, The Future of Conservatism and The 2008 Presidential Campaign. The Reagan Legacy will be held on Friday, April 27 at 4 p.m.; Saturday’s schedule will include The Future of Conservatism at 9:30 a.m. and The 2008 Presidential Campaign at 3:45 p.m.
Governor Easley’s Budget Proposes More Taxes, No Cuts
On Tuesday, February 27, Governor Mike Easley’s staff went to the General Assembly to present the governor’s proposed biennial budget to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The nearly $20.1 billion budget for 2007-2008 increases spending by 6.4 percent and takes more money from the pockets of hard-working North Carolinians. If passed, Easley’s budget will increase the gas tax, maintain the temporary sales and income taxes fro expiring, and increase the amount of lottery revenue lowing into state coffers.
Will Legislative Leaders Correct ‘Tainted’ 2003 Redistricting Plan?
The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the state House of Representatives are planning to co-sponsor a bill to revoke the 2005 Jim Black budget provision that required insurance companies to treat chiropractors the same as other physicians when determining co-pay amounts. The leaders claim the law must be changed because $29,000 changed hands in a bathroom from three chiropractors to former House Speaker Jim Black. They believe the law is tainted.