Lottery bill approved sets spending plan open for revision
In Columbia the lottery bill approved would begin sales by November but leaves profits unspent. Lawmakers split plans to avoid a line item veto, delaying a formal spending bill until January or a special session. Hodges backs quick passage but negotiates needs based scholarships and teacher grants amid funding for youth scholarships and tech, while funding questions loom.
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Columbia
S.C
Jim Hodges
General Assembly
Larry Martin
R-Pickens
Hodges
Senate
John Land
Land
Waste reduction goals falter as North Carolina trash climbs
North Carolina lawmakers set a 40 percent per capita trash cut by 2001 but actual disposal rose to about 2,600 pounds per person this year, a 28 percent increase since 1991. Regional landfills and a construction boom boosted waste, while recycling enthusiasm waned. builders and contractors report large dumpster loads of debris from homes and renovations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Joe Hackney
Chapel Hill
Scott Mouw
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Joe Parrish
NorWake Contractor Services Inc
Triangle
Parrish
State board halts three statewide standardized tests
The State Board of Education voted to end three tests across North Carolina to cut costs and meet critics' demands. The move saves about 1.2 million dollars annually, part of a 3.8 million dollar department cut, and affects tests not required by the ABCs plan. Louis Fabrizio noted these tests counted little toward graduation or progression, and the decision follows a prior controversy over low passing scores on math tests.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
N.C. Department of Public Instruction
State Senate
Louis M. Fabrizio
Division of Accountability Services
Public-Instruction Department
Fabrizio
Second man sentenced for firing at command post
Eddie Dewayne Carringer, 32, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for firing into the command post that coordinated the hunt for an accused bomber. He pleaded guilty to assault and gun use. a bullet narrowly missed an FBI agent at the Southeast Bomb Task Force headquarters in Andrews on November 11, 1998.
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Brooks
Blue Ridge School
Asheville
Eddie Dewayne Carringer
FBI
Southeast
Andrews
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