Perdue on the state of the state
The General Assembly is in the process of inviting Gov. Bev Perdue to give her annual State of the State address on March 9 at 7 p.m. (The governor cannot just show up in the General Assembly and start yacking. There are rules and tradition that govern these sorts of things.)
A governor delivers the State of the State once every legislative session - that's every two years to normal folks. Typically, the governor uses the speech to talk about their budget priorities and what other legislation she would like the General Assembly to work on.
When I saw her after the Council of State meeting this morning, I asked Perdue what she might tell the honorables.
"Would you like to help write the speech? We don't have one yet," Perdue joked. She added that meetings on the state budget, both the current year and the proposal for the budget that will take effect July 1, have consumed most of her time.
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