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Here's what I cluttered up the dead tree version of the paper with this weekend:

• Every year the General Assembly agrees to "study" a bunch of issues, so that they can act (or not) next time a legislative session comes around. This story ran down some of the things interesting to the Guilford County and beyond.

• Sometimes loosing the battle doesn't mean loosing the war. This story talks about the long-term prospects of the minimum wage bill, which seems to be on the shelf for the time being.

• An item in Inside Scoop talked about some of the tactical maneuvering behind last week's lottery votes.

And speaking of the lottery, everyone is wondering whether it’s going to get a vote on the Senate floor now that the chamber has decided an encore performance, despite protestations that they were done for the year.

Thus far, no one is reporting that the votes are definitely there to get a lottery vote done and I haven't heard myself that anything has changed enough. We'll see tomorrow (Tuesday).