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3.21.08 - Wright expelledRALEIGH — Just as he had for the past 15 years, Thomas Wright walked into the House chamber Thursday morning a legislator. He walked out in disgrace 90 minutes later, escorted by the sergeant-at-arms, the first sitting lawmaker to be expelled from the General Assembly in nearly 130 years.
*Note: NASW-NC would like to express its sadness in Wright's expulsion, but would also like to commend the General Assembly for its swift and strong stance against corruption.*
3.21.08 - Fired spokeswoman says state skirts lawELON — A spokeswoman who was fired from Gov. Mike Easley’s administration for how she handled the media said yesterday that state officials are skirting open-government laws and making it difficult for the public to get information that should be released. Debbie Crane urged the state to review public-records laws, particularly rules on electronic records and the cost burden that taxpayers face to get government documents.
3.21.08 - Orr makes pitch with policy papersRALEIGH – If elected governor, Bob Orr says he would dump the state’s major job-creation programs, seek constitutional changes to bolster his authority and threaten to sue the United States over immigration. The policy plans churned out by Orr’s campaign may be the most sweeping, and are certainly the most detailed, among the candidates for the state’s top job.
3.21.08 - Building better VA serviceCHARLOTTE — The nation’s new VA Secretary acknowledged medical care problems, but said the agency is improving and praised Charlotte’s new veterans clinic during a visit Thursday. The University area outpatient clinic includes a lab, pharmacy and radiology services and is intended to better coordinate medical and mental health care. The brick building, brightly lit with skylights, can handle more than 19,000 patients a year.
3.21.08 - School ethics policies under microscopeRALEIGH — A new education task force began discussing how to shut predators out of the state’s classrooms. Attorneys, ethics leaders, veteran educators and school system officials are sitting side by side at the state education headquarters in Raleigh. Today's meeting is the first for a task force the state schools superintendent convened to address making educators’ licensure and resignation conditions stricter.
3.21.08 - At-large effort splits WakeRALEIGH — Town leaders in southwestern Wake County are backing at-large elections of school board members, but the idea is running into opposition in northern Wake. The town boards of Apex and Holly Springs passed nonbinding resolutions Tuesday in support of countywide elections for school board members. School board members currently are elected by district.
3.21.08 - Fayetteville public housing funding securedFAYETTEVILLE — The city of Fayetteville has won a $20 million federal grant that will reshape a long-neglected section of downtown. The grant will allow the city to replace two sprawling public housing complexes along Old Wilmington Road and help leverage an additional $93 million in public and private money for a combined $113 million investment.'
3.21.08 - Winston-Salem graffiti fines proposedWINSTON-SALEM — Property owners in Winston-Salem may soon feel financial pressure to quickly remove graffiti from their buildings. The Winston-Salem City Council is considering a new plan that would require private-property owners to remove graffiti within five days of notification by the city. If an owner doesn’t comply, the city would remove the graffiti and fine the owner $25 to $100.
3.21.08 - GTP rail link in planning stagesKINSTON — The long process of building a railroad link to the Global TransPark has begun, according to a state transportation official. Deputy Secretary for Transit Roberto Canales announced during a GTP board meeting Thursday that the Department of Transportation is funding the rail line’s preliminary environmental planning and engineering stages to the tune of $800,000.
3.21.08 - Immigrant committee idea stallsWINSTON-SALEM — A Forsyth County commissioner failed yesterday in his effort to form a citizens committee that would try to calculate the true cost of illegal immigration to the county. Commissioner Beaufort Bailey asked commissioners to form a 13-member group that would spend a year investigating how much illegal immigrants cost co
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