If you would have asked legislators whether they would have preferred to hear the news from today’s budget briefing or have had a cavity filled, some may have saddled up to the dentist’s chair. Preliminary estimates place the budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009-2010 at $2.1 billion, possibly more. This hardship comes on the heels […]
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State budget briefing: Watch the money disappear
If you would have asked state legislators whether they would have preferred to hear the news from today’s budget briefing or have had a cavity filled, some may have saddled up to the dentist’s chair. Preliminary estimates place the state budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009-2010 at $2.1 billion, possibly more. This hardship comes on […]
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Thanks, Kay, for the hoop dream
N.C. State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who died last week of breast cancer, has been rightly heralded not only for what she meant to women’s basketball, but also for what basketball means for women. For the best female players, the sport gives them a crack at earning college scholarships; others, including me, don’t attain […]
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Greener grocers
Supermarkets are notorious energy guzzlers: They’re lit like car lots, sometimes 24 hours a day. There are bays and bays of freezers and refrigerators, the latter of which often don’t have doors. They’re tricky to efficiently heat and cool. But energy costs and environmental concerns have prompted a green supermarket trend. Some grocers are installing […]
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2009 N.C. Legislature preview
The 2009 legislative session starts Wednesday, Jan. 28, at noon. There is no set end date for the session, but it generally ends in July or early August. If you go: The legislature meets in the imaginatively titled Legislative Building, 14 W. Jones St. in Raleigh. There is a convenient parking lot one block east, […]
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2009 N.C. Legislature preview
★ The issues From taxes to sex ed ★ A constituent’s guide Where to go to get involved ★ Priorities lists By county and city Illustration by Maria Bilinski Shain using www.wordle.net It’s a helluva year to be a legislator. By August or so, when the 2009 session ends, lawmakers will emerge from their Jones […]
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Green jobs, silver lining
On the eve of the state Legislature’s opening session of 2009, House Speaker Joe Hackney (D-Chatham, Orange) pointed to a ‘confluence of factors” promoting smarter energy policy and green-collar job creationthe kind of ideas that could kickstart the economy and perhaps even improve it. Read the Indy‘s coverage of Hackney’s presentation, sponsored by N.C. Policy […]
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Durham inauguration party rescheduled for Saturday
From the organizers… The recent snowstorm forced cancellation of the planned Inauguration Day Bash. The Inauguration Party is now rescheduled for Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 8pm – 12 am. Festivities include bringing together snowbound revelers with the volunteers of the “Yes We Cans” food drive and the witnesses of the Inauguration in Washington, D.C. […]
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How big is your footprint?
That trip to Paris, those weekend drives to the beach and the balmy-in-the-winter, cucumber-cool-in-the-summer climate inside your house come at a price, and not just on your credit card or gas bill. These activities emit greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, which contribute to global warming. At terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator, you can calculate your carbon footprint […]
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Day 1: Obama reverses Bush secrecy order
In a meeting with his senior staff today, President Barack Obama signed executive orders that re-opened the federal government to more transparency. In doing so, Obama reversed many of former President George W. Bush’s edicts that cloaked federal agencies and himself in secrecy. “The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for […]
