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Elections
- The Charlotte Observer
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The expected new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., won't be a new face to the industry."He's a liberal who understands markets," said Floyd Stoner, chief lobbyist for the American Bankers Association, an influential trade group. |
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House passes ethics legislation
- The News & Observer
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State lawmakers on Thursday passed the first significant measure this year to reform the way state officials operate in North Carolina. But several other major reforms that legislative leaders have labeled priorities have yet to clear the legislature as it nears the end of the session. |
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Coalition pushes bill to ease ballot access
- Independent Weekly
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There was a time in American history, Chatham County resident Ed King wants us to know, when elections were chock full of different, often progressive ideas. And voter turnout was high--about 80 percent of the (admittedly quite limited) eligible adults voted in national elections, not the current 50 percent. |
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Amid Criminal Probe, Demands Made For Wright To Resign, May
- The Wilmington Journal
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He was an ambitious legislative leader who not only co-chaired the powerful state House Appropriations Committee, and chaired the influential House Health panel, but was also once nominated by his Democratic House colleagues to serve as speaker pro tem. |
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Wright's colleagues decline to match calls for his resignation
- The News & Observer
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RALEIGH—Despite outside pressure, Democratic colleagues of Rep. Thomas Wright declined to ask for his resignation Wednesday, a day after state elections officials handed his case to prosecutors for possible criminal charges. |
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Three head list if Miller runs for U.S. Senate
- The News & Observer
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More voters
- The News & Observer
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Early voting for the primary races started Thursday (news item, April 13); unfortunately, over 1 million voting-age North Carolinians are already out of the mix, because they failed to register before the April 7 deadline. |
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Ban big money from politics
- The Charlotte Observer
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Speaker Jim Black recently sent a letter to the House Committee on Ethics and Government Reform outlining his suggestions for ethics and lobbying reforms for the 2006 legislative session. |
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