North Carolina House Limits School Busing
The North Carolina House approved a bill to cap transportation time for students avoiding health risks and educational disruption. It would permit transfers when travel time is excessive and let local boards set maximum distances, with a presumption they threaten health or education. Representative Mary Odom argued the measure aims at desegregation and could clog boards with litigation.
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Laurence Cobb
R-Mecklenburg
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Cobb
U.S. Supreme Court
Charlotte
North Carolina Sees Brief Warm Spell Ends With July-Like Heat Return
An unsettled cool front shifts away bringing back July warmth across the region. Temperatures rise into the mid to upper 80s with highs near 90 in parts of the state by midweek, while unsettled skies and scattered thundershowers persist through Thursday into the weekend.
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National Weather Service
Greensboro
South Carolina
Virginia
Friendship
Tuition Bill Sparks Debate Over Nonresident Rates
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina House approved Senate changes to raise nonresident tuition at state universities. The measure cuts the increases slightly and would raise revenues by over 15 million for the next biennium. Athletes on scholarships would not be exempt from higher rates.
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Sneed High
D-Cumberland
High
Robert Jones
Rutherford
William Watkins
Granville
University of North Carolina
Motor Fuel Inspection Fee Cut Back Faces Vote
The North Carolina House weighs a bill to lower the motor fuel inspection fee from a quarter to one twentieth of a cent per gallon. Sponsor Rep. Perry Martin notes the inspection program costs 1.8 million in the next biennium while the fee raises about 16 million, saying excess funds have funded highway construction and the cut would reduce Highway Fund revenue by about 10 million though still leaving a net gain over cost. Rep. John Ingram questions the effect on the average driver.
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House
North Carolina
Perry Martin
Northampton
Martin
State Highway Commission
John Ingram
D-Randolph
Lieutenant Governor Pay Hiked in State Pay Bills
Senate bills sent to the House propose a major salary boost for the Lieutenant Governor from 5000 to 30000 per year plus a 4000 expense allowance when the post becomes full time. The attorney general would rise from 27000 to 29500, the superintendent of public instruction from 26000 to 28500, and other Council of State members from 22500 to 25000, all effective July 1.
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