Nation Crime bill heads to Senate amid veto threat
The House approved a major anti crime package spending 10 billion dollars to aid local governments and end Clinton’s 100000 police hires by a 238 to 192 vote. Clinton warns of a veto and Orrin Hatch says the Judiciary Committee must rewrite the package for Senate passage. Senate work continues on a balanced budget amendment as Dole eyes a Thursday vote.
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America
Senate
Clinton
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
W.va
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Judiciary Committee
Bob Dole
Kan
Senate Bill Targets Restitution and Prison Spending
The measure would require criminals to pay restitution, streamline deportation, and provide 10.5 billion dollars for prison construction with a requirement for strict sentencing to unlock funds. It also limits death-row inmates to one year for federal appeals. The Senate will vote on the package, with a possible Clinton veto.
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Senate
Clinton
Body found at mobile home linked to murder charge
A Havelock man, Jon Kenneth Cockrill, 34, is charged with first degree murder after investigators unearthed a body believed to be Floyd McLaughlin, 65, missing a week. The body was found wrapped in a carpet in the front yard of the mobile home he rented. Positive identification pending.
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Craven County Sheriff’s Office
Floyd McLaughlin
Fairview St
Jon Kenneth Cockrill
Bill Dodson
Havelock Public Safety
McLaughlin
Cockrill
Lot 51
Clubfoot Creek Mobile Home Park
State
NC 24
Nine Mile Road
Carteret County
Craven County
State cuts strike two coastal posts
The state plans downsizing to remove two coastal DEHNR regional managers in Washington and Wilmington. Nancy Smith of Bayboro and Bob Jamieson in Wilmington hold key posts, with officials warning the changes may affect local projects and county links. Debates will occur in the Appropriations Committee as part of broader downsizing.
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Bayboro
Appropriations Committee
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
Raleigh
Jonathan Howes
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
DEHNR
Washington
N.C
Nancy Smith
Pamlico County Board of Commissioners
Wilmington
Bob Jamieson
Division of Marine Fisheries
Howes
Pamlico
Bill Rice
Smith
Rice
Fayetteville
Faircloth seeks ethics panel ruling on hog farm conflict
Senator Faircloth asked the ethics panel to decide if his nine hog farms in Sampson County create a conflict with his chairmanship of a subcommittee on environmental issues. Environmentalists have questioned his role in wetlands and hog farming legislation. An aide said the senator sent a second letter this month to the ethics panel.
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Faircloth
Ethics Panel
Associated Press
Lauch Faircloth
Subcommittee
Senate
R-N.c
Sampson County
John Preyer
North Carolina faces potential billion dollar budget hole
State budget writers study computer projections showing a recession and Gov Hunt tax cuts could leave NC short about 1 billion by 1996 97 with rising deficits into 2003 04. Officials warn only spending restraint can avert red ink while tax cuts draw broad legislative support.
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Fountain Odom
D-Mecklenburg
George Holmes
R- Yadkin
Jim Hunt
Odom
Tony Goldman
Goldman
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Senate
Hunt
North Carolina State University
Mike Walden
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