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North Carolina lawmakers during the 2009 legislative session have set the state up to write blank checks. Those checks would cover the costs to build commuter choo choo services ... Keep Reading

The nanny-staters are at it again with HB 1384 - Shopping Carts/Prevent Exposure to Germs. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Earl Jones (D – Guilford), would ... Keep Reading

Hard cases make bad law. That phrase is an apt description for why HB 1261 is this week’s bad bill of the week. HB 1261 sponsored by Rep. Nick Mackey(D-Mecklenburg) and ... Keep Reading

Just when you thought you saw all superfluous spending from this year’s legislature, HB 197 floats to the surface. Introduced by Reps. McLawhorn (D-Pitt), E. Warren ... Keep Reading

At a time when state budget makers are warning about potential “deep cuts” to education and the need to “protect the classroom,” along comes HB 1128 - Funds ... Keep Reading

HB 1623: “Where No Man Has Gone Before” Or we should call it what it really does - to boldly give away your tax dollars as no man has done before. Once again a bill is ... Keep Reading

With the introduction of SB 460 by Sen. Don Davis (D-Greene), (Identical Bill HB 460 by Representatives Jeffus(D- Guilford); Dickson (D- Cumberland);  Harrison (D- ... Keep Reading

Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston), along with co-sponsors Sen. Daniel Clodfelter (D-Mecklenberg) and Sen. Clark Jenkins (D-Pitt), submitted the N.C. Life Science Development Corp. ... Keep Reading

While sounding like a benign “technical” bill – House Bill (HB) 1516 ( Senate Bill 576) – JDIG Technical Modifications sponsored by Reps.  Jim ... Keep Reading

This bill is designed to hide a tax increase under the guise of improving energy efficiency, but all HB 1050, Independent Energy Efficiency Administrator, by Reps. Blue D-Wake, ... Keep Reading