More than 50 Mayors, from Manteo to Franklin, Spotlight Legislature’s Cuts to Their Schools (Raleigh, NC) – Mayors from across North Carolina, who every day see in their schools the damage from the General Assembly’s education cuts, have issued an open letter asking the people of North Carolina to support Gov. Perdue’s plan to reverse [...]
Perdue Pushes To Temporarily Restore Three-Quarters Of The One-Cent Sales Tax To Stop Deep and Unnecessary Cuts to Schools (Raleigh, NC) – On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, Gov. Perdue issued the following statement regarding her plan for the future of North Carolina schools. “Education has always been part of the fabric of who we are [...]
(Raleigh, NC) – Gov. Bev Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the legislature’s actions: “Last year, the Republicans passed devastating education cuts that harmed our children’s future. The cuts – from pre-k all the way through higher education – have led to higher class sizes, the loss of thousands of teacher and teacher assistant [...]
Electric utility’s requested rate hike too much, brief says Release date: 1/9/2012 (Raleigh, NC) - Utilities commissioners should heed the economic damage to North Carolina consumers before signing off on Duke Energy’s rate increase, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Monday in a filing before the NC Utilities Commission. Cooper opposes Duke Energy’s request to raise [...]
New forum for constituents to ask questions, comment on issues or request help (Washington, DC) — Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) today announced that she will answer questions and discuss constituent concerns during a “Facebook Friday” event this Friday, December 2 on her Facebook page at facebook.com/RepVirginiaFoxx. For the first time, Foxx will use Facebook’s online [...]
Companies, students depend on local community colleges for crucial job training programs (Raleigh, NC) – Governor Bev Perdue today called upon the General Assembly to reject a proposal that would merge dozens of mostly-rural community college campuses, saying it amounts to an attack on rural North Carolina – and yet another blow to the state’s [...]
(Raleigh, NC) – Gov. Perdue, on Wednesday Evening, issued the following statement in response to General Assembly’s veto override. Tonight, the Republican-controlled legislature turned its back on North Carolina’s long-standing commitment to our people to provide quality schools, community colleges and universities — all to save a penny. I vetoed the Republican General Assembly’s budget because [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – The Rockingham County Democratic Party has sent the following Resolution to the North Carolina House Utilities Committee to Protect the Communities of North Carolina from the Harms and Loss of Local Control that Can Result From Unconventional Natural Gas Extraction, or “Fracking”. – The Resolution is as follows: A Resolution to Protect [...]
(Madison, NC) – On Saturday, April 30, 2011, the African American Caucus of the Rockingham County Democratic Party held a Open Town Hall Meeting at the Madison Town Hall. In attendance were Two of NC members of the North Carolina General Assembly, Representative Bryan R. Holloway (Rep) and Representative Bert Jones (Una). Jones and Holloway, [...]
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO CUT GOLDEN LEAF FUNDING FOR 2012, 2013 Proposed Legislation would divert almost $140 million away from rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed North Carolina communities. (Raleigh, NC) – In an email from Golden Leaf Foundation President, Dan Gerlach, that was received on April 27, 2011, it was stated that, upcoming proposed legislation [...]
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