North Carolina Senate Rejects Appointed Education Chief Plan
The North Carolina Senate killed a proposal to appoint a state superintendent of public instruction and reversed its prior approval of raising the minimum wage to 2.50 an hour. A hallway compromise would have expanded the Board of Education from 13 to 17 members.
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Raleigh
Senate
Chamber
Board of Education
House
Congress
Carl Stewart
Jimmy Green
Weather snapshot and legislative updates in North and South Carolina
A digest of regional weather forecasts notes sunny and breezy conditions with highs in the 70s to 80s and cooler nights across North and South Carolina. It also covers legislative actions on wage raises to 2.50 or 2.9 with a conference committee, CPA training rule changes, DUI penalties, and littering law expansion with a $200 cap.
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Mercury ban extended on Virginia rivers over contamination
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin announced a fishing ban for human consumption along a 160 mile Shenandoah Valley stretch due to mercury in fish. The Kepone crab ban remained lifted in the lower James River where samples were below danger levels.
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