Legislative Bulletin February 23 2001

Issue No. 4
Feb. 23, 2001

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This week's top stories
Gov. Mike Easley hogs the spotlights through much of the week as he delivers his first State of the State speech on Monday and unveils a major HMO reform plan on Tuesday. Meanwhile, NCCBI's Legislative Reception fills the Capital City Club and our Legislative Conference attracts the state's top policymakers and business leaders. We have these stories for you:

Gov. Easley says 'lottery and loopholes' can pay for new programs

Read the complete text of the governor's State of the State speech

Legislators learn most tax breaks benefit individuals, not businesses

Industry reacts cautiously to governor's HMO reform legislation

Governor/lieutenant governor team-ticket bill advances in the Senate

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Members rub elbows with top politicians
at Legislative Reception and Conference

About 600 members and elected officials crammed into the Capital City Club Wednesday night for NCCBI's Legislative Reception. Among them were State Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry and her husband, Norman, (right) who received many good wishes because it was their anniversary. Then we heard the inside scoop on policy issues at Thursday's Legislative Conference. We have complete coverage:

At the Legislative Conference, leaders focus on spending cuts

We snapped dozens of pictures at the reception, and they're all here

Please join us in thanking the members who sponsored the events

State Government Watch

A new report says candidates for the General Assembly spent a record $19.4 million running for office last fall. The report by Democracy South, a Chapel Hill think tank, says campaign spending was 26 percent higher than in 1998 and nearly three times what was spent in 1994.

NCCBI Membership News

Wall Street genius Julian Robertson (left) of Tiger Management fame and Gov. Easley will be the keynote speakers at NCCBI's 59th Annual Meeting on March 21 in Raleigh.

Check the NCCBI calendar of events to see which ones you should attend.

NCCBI offers a seminar to train business people how to improve your media relations skills, including how to conduct yourself during a TV interview.

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