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Press Releases
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January 15, 2010: RALEIGH_ Spending on out-of-state travel for North Carolina legislators dropped 92 percent in 2009 when compared to the same time period in 2007, according to the latest figures from the General Assembly's Financial Services office.
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January 7, 2010: RALEIGH _ The state Department of Public Instruction has announced that 83 new state grants have been awarded to dropout prevention programs across the state.
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The watchdog group Democracy North Carolina awarded 14 House Democrats “Sunshine Awards” two weeks
ago for filing “superior” reports disclosing details about their campaign expenses and contributions.
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North Carolina has been ranked #1 by magazines and websites across the country this year as the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
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September 25, 2009: RALEIGH, NC - North Carolina House Majority Leader Hugh Holliman received the National Distinguished Advocacy Award from the American Cancer Society last Tuesday, September 22nd in Washington D.C. Holliman received the award, the American Cancer Society’s highest honor, for his steadfast commitment to providing a smoke-free workplace.
Award Photo
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August 20, 2009: RALEIGH - NC State Representative Rick Glazier (D-Cumberland) has been invited to participate as one of 400 senior-level national policymakers, practitioners and researchers by the Wallace Foundation and the National Conference of State Legislatures in the Foundation's fourth national conference on Education Leadership: An Agenda for School Improvement to be held in Washington DC on October 14-16, 2009.
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June 10, 2009: (RALEIGH, NC)- North Carolina House Members: Becky Carney, Hugh Holliman, Marvin Lucas, and Grier Martin were honored by the National Guard Association with their Charles Dick Medal of Merit award on June 9th 2009.
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June 16, 2009: "I am extremely proud of House Democrats tonight. Confronted with a crisis caused by national and international factors beyond the control of state legislators, House Democrats responded honestly, forthrightly and without demagoguery to do the extremely difficult job of balancing our state's budget."
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June 9, 2009: Award the American Red Cross Certificate of Recognition for Extraordinary Personal Action to those who helped save Rep. Becky Carney's life.
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June 16, 2009: RALEIGH, N.C. - During a signing ceremony tonight at the Capitol Building's Old House Chamber, Gov. Beverly Perdue will sign into law House Bill (HB) 1331, which ensures that expectant parents in North Carolina will have access to medically-accurate information and education regarding umbilical cord stem cells and options for banking them well before the labor and delivery of a newborn.
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June 4, 2009: Speaker Joe Hackney will meet June 9 with representatives of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve to confirm the House of Representatives' commitment to its military employees.
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May 5, 2009: General Assembly members will have an opportunity to tour one of North Carolina’s more visible dropout prevention tools, The Choice Bus, when it visits the state’s capitol on Tuesday, May 5, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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April 23,2009: The House Appropriations Committee will hold public budget hearings on Tuesday, April 28, to receive comments about the state budget. For more information, click here.
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March 23, 2009: Speaker Hackney creates online audio archive of House sessions
Changes allow greater access to floor proceedings
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Rep. Joe Hackney re-elected to second term as Speaker of NC House
Pledges to focus on economy, education
For full transcript of acceptance speech, click here.
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July 31, 2008: House Democratic Caucus Legislative Agenda, 2008 Session, The Results
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