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27170
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The Body Politic, written by University of North Carolina School of the Arts graduates Charles Osborne and Leo Hurley, is an opera based on the tale of a girl who is raised and disguised as a boy so her father doesn’t kill her. After the passage of House Bill 2, the opera premiered at the state legislative building to inspire civil discourse through art.
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27222
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North Carolina lawmakers met for a short session focused on the state’s sales tax, House Bill 2, public education, police accountability, and clean water supplies. These have been hot-pressing issues and controversial topics of debate over the last few months.
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23844
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The North Carolina General Assembly will soon decide on a bill that could threaten the protest petition--a tool that residents use to resist zoning.
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23968
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The North Carolina General Assembly does not require Raleigh contractors to pay employees living wages, nor will it raise minimum wage any time soon. Activists are pushing cities and employers to pay better than minimum wage.
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4514
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Does North Carolina have a citizen legislature - one in which legislators met in a part-time body in Raleigh each year but still hold jobs back home? With sessions now lasting over 200 days, many wonder if being a legislator has become full-time. Factors indicating this change include longer sessions; issues that require calling the legislature back into session to deal with; and many study commissions and investigative committees that meet between sessions.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 18 Issue 4, Feb 2000,
p2-29, il, f
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4888
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Solow examines the recent North Carolina General Assembly activities and lists five of the best and five of the worst ideas of the session. Among the best are raises for public school teachers and state employees and closing loopholes in the state's campaign finance laws. Among the worst are eliminating the \"Willie M. Program\" for violent children with mental illness.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 30, July 2000,
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3844
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Serving in the General Assembly has almost become a full-time job, with sessions becoming longer and more demanding. The average citizen with a regular job finds it difficult to serve. While raising salaries and setting shorter sessions may help, the State must decide between having a full-time, professional legislature or a part-time citizen one.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 30, Aug 1998,
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2189
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House Speaker Harold Brubaker (R) and Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight (D) are political opposites, but their similar views on economic and constitutional issues could result in legislation for tax cuts, tort reform, and gubernatorial veto.
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2232
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Women legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly are increasingly playing more prominent roles. This is most evident in the committees that are chaired by women, including the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee
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1816
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Yeoman presents the voting records during the 1994 short session of legislators representing Wake, Durham, Orange, and Northern Chatham Counties, to reveal their stances on various issues.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 30, July 1994,
p8-9, por
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1827
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Harrington provides a capsule review of the issues and legislation introduced and debated during the short session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
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2228
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North Carolina Senators and House members are graded on their voting records on bills that affect education.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Oct 1994,
p6-7, il, por
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925
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North Carolina Representative Peggy Stamey introduces the issues, especially crime, facing the Hunt administration and the North Carolina General Assembly.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Jan 1993,
p11, por
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955
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Yeoman discusses the new legislators recently elected to the North Carolina General Assembly, and profiles the six new representatives of the Research Triangle area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Jan 1993,
p5, por
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965
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The 1993-1994 General Assembly is attempting to define its role in confronting several tough issues, including health insurance reform, the environment, and constitutional reform.
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