Budget getting signed, minimum wage getting ???
Good Monday morning. A couple of highlights from the calendar up here in Cap City:
- Gov. Mike Easley is expected to sign the state budget revision today at 2:30 p.m. at the Old House Chamber in the State Capital Building. That probably means he’ll be surrounded by a bunch of legislative types and school leaders and what not.
- The minimum wage bill gets its final look-see by the Senate this evening. Given that it passed by a pretty wide margin Friday, you wouldn’t expect much trouble.
But Rep. Alma Adams, who has pushed this thing through, isn’t taking anything for granted.
“I expect, based on the history of that bill, and how the senate seems to do things, they’re going to try something,” Adams said on the phone earlier today.
Sen. Eddie Goodall, of Union County, objected to third reading Friday. That’s sort of a parliamentary thing that kept the bill from passing for good before the weekend. Instead, it’s subject to debates and amendments today.
Adams says she won’t relax until the bill is passed.
If you're on pins and needles, I'll try to post something this evening once the Senate does whatever it does.