July 20, 2000  Issue No. 8 the 2000 Short Session
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Names in the News: Ed Turlington comes
home from the Bradley campaign. Julius Chambers
retires. The NCCBI Board gains a new member. Ben Berry is named
Economic Development Ally of the Year.
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This Week's Briefing
 Overview: After meeting
the June 30 deadline of agreeing on a revised
state budget -- the only reason the General
Assembly was in session -- legislators hung
around Raleigh for nearly two weeks tangled up
over video poker, toll roads and a shouting match
over a seemingly small change in voting laws.
Still, adjourning on July 13 was the quickest end
to a short session since 1988. Details below.
NCCBI's
legislative agenda fared well, as we report in
the legislative
wrap-up. . . . One of our biggest wins was
final passage, after a two-year debate, of
legislation revising the state's Administrative
Procedures Act. This victory means you'll get a
fairer and faster hearing against state
regulatory agencies. Story,
pictures. . . . Hundreds of new laws are on
the books, as detailed in the ratified bills
list. . . . Issues cited in the study bill may
foreshadow next year's legislative battles.
With the
session ended, NCCBI becomes focused on passage
of the $3.1 billion higher education bonds. The
NCCBI-led coalition backing the bonds, North
Carolinians for Educational Opportunity, opens the campaign
office.
Hey, wait a
minute! Legislative leaders all said in May when
the General Assembly first began debating the
budget that there would be no new money to spend.
But seven weeks later the General Assembly adopts
a budget that raises spending about $477 million,
or roughly 3.5 percent. Where did they find the
cash? Story,
line-by-line table
North
Carolina's economy continued roaring last year,
generating a record $13.13 billion in tax and
non-tax revenue. But that still fell $142 million
short of meeting the state's revenue needs for
the fiscal year. A big gainer for the Treasury
was corporate income taxes, up almost 8 percent
and nearly $90 million over budget. State tax collections
 Chairman Mac
Everett (left) will lead the NCCBI staff through
a 22-city road show across the state when the
much-anticipated Fall Area Meetings begin Sept.
7. All the details are contained in a brochure
(pictured at right) that's in the mail to all
NCCBI members. Please use the brochure to
register for the Area Meeting in your town. Story, schedule.
Help us thank the Area
Meeting hosts
North
Carolina's classroom teachers jumped from 38th in
the nation in average pay to 26th, earning an
average $36,883 in 1998-99. Our teachers, already
near the top in pay in the Southeast, are on
course to achieve or pass the national average
next year. State
government news.
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