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CCBI's seven policy committees -- on which more than 400 members serve -- sent their chairmen before the microphones at last week's Legislative Conference to unveil the positions the committees believe NCCBI should pursue in the General Assembly this year. Collectively, the committees are recommending more than 60 new laws or changes in existing statutes. Because so much hard work went into formulating them, we urge all members to give these position statements a quick read. They are grouped below by topic under committee names. The documents are Word files that are easily downloaded and printed out for handy reference: 
Economic Development Committee Education Committee  
Environmental Concerns Committee Health Care Committee  
Legal Issues and Workplace Policies Committee  
Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Transportation Committee

Extra bonus: We've grouped all the legislative positions together in a 46-page booklet, the NCCBI Committee Notebook, that's easily downloaded. The document is in PDF format requiring Acrobat Reader, which is free software.

For more perspective: The conference's wrap-up speech by NCCBI President Phil Kirk helps put the committee positions into context.

Photo caption: Above, from left, are Legal Issues and Workplace Policies Chairman George Teague, Economic Development Committee Chairman Lew Myers and Health Care Chairman Carla DuPuy at the Legislative Conference.

Worth a second look:
Did you see the pictures we snapped at the Legislative Reception?
Let's thank the members who sponsored the reception and conference

ov. Easley continued his search for budget-balancing revenue by appointing a tax-loophole-closing commission. With no major fireworks on Jones Street, legislators this week had to occupy their time with the ho-hum business of governing. We have these stories for you:
Former governors Scott, Holshouser to lead Tax Loophole Commission
Black, Basnight make appointments to key panels
Gubernatorial team-ticket bill easily passes the Senate
Should citizens, not politicians, redraw legislative districts?

Hoping to avoid a long and bitter quarrel over which projects are more important than others, the State Board of Community Colleges decides to divvy up $600 million in higher education bonds by enrollment, not on which campuses needs the money the most.... North Carolina's unemployment rate climbs to 4.2%, the national average.

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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