Yesterday, Rep. Larry Womble (D-Forsyth) was spotted asleep in the House chamber during the first reading of the budget proposal. Evidently spending $19 billion of your money was not enough to keep him awake.
- Nov09
Rand Helped Reshape Parole Board
Sen. Tony Rand, who announced last week that he was stepping down from the NC Senate to become Chairman of the state’s Parole Board played a large part in reshaping the board to its current configuration. In 2005, Rand introduced S 897 which changed the makeup of the parole board from three full-time members to [...]
- Sep30
Gaston Lawmakers Oppose College for Illegals
Two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Gaston County have announced their opposition to the recent policy decision by the NC Board of Community Colleges to admit illegal aliens. Representatives Pearl Burris-Floyd and Wil Neumann, both Republicans, plan to introduce legislation when the General Assembly returns to Raleigh in May of 2010 [...]
- Sep28
Let the games begin – Bad Bill of the Year Tournament
You can now vote for you favorite “Worst Bill” of the year. The polls are open! Over the course of this year Civitas wrote on 32 bills as our “Bad Bill of the Week.” Unfortunately 32 is really not enough to cover all the “Bad Bills” introduced this year in the General Assembly but these are [...]