Weekend Update
From today’s News & Record:
- I chatted with Browns Summit farmer and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
- Lanita Withers talks to Matt Hill Comer about his ambitions for a creating a political action committee.
- My colleague Eric Townsend spent at least part of his Saturday talking to folks about the pending minimum wage hike. For those who need it, click here for background.
Around the state, here’s what some other papers and bloggers were up to:
- Reporters? Cynical? Sat it ain't so, Scott! Ok, it really is so, and you should read his column as to why.
- NC Policy Watch’s Christ Fitzsimon writes So much for all the talk about the integrity of the budget process. The Insider reports in its Friday edition that the final budget agreement includes a special provision pushed by Governor Mike Easley that allows car racing teams to receive a sales tax rebate for car parts bought in North Carolina. But you might have know something about that already.
- Diane Davis is disappointed at the death of the landfill moratorium.
- Oooo…$10 lottery tickets.(Reg. could be required) Nope, I still don’t get the appeal of the whole scratch-off thing, but that’s okay.
- Charlotte’s Jack Betts writes about ethics efforts in the legislature and why the public just might be skeptical about the whole lot of ‘em.(Reg. req.)
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