A little peace and quiet
Half-ways anyway.
The House abandoned Raleigh late Tuesday afternoon for their trip to the Chowan County and the restored courthouse there. (The county was home to North Carolina's capitol back in the colonial days.) That means the volume here in Cap City is turned down a notch or two today. House members will be back in town Thursday.
The agenda for the House session down in Chowan is far from a barn burner, but the honorables are expected to put the finishing touches on bills that would make the Venus Flytrap the state's official carnivorous plant, make the Fraser Fir the state's official Christmas tree and congratulate the UNC Basketball team.
It's not all fun and games today, though. The Senate is still open for business, and I'm jetting off right now to listen to Kay Hagan press her case for a bill that would require schools to teach financial literacy.
Update: Hagan's bill cleared the Senate's education committee easily, so expect to see it on the floor Thursday.