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• After Criticism, the Administration Is Praised for Final Rules on Education Grants

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The Obama administration is being praised by teachers unions for adding flexibility to its Race to the Top grant program, though it still retains politically volatile elements.
  3 days ago

• Governor Perdue Visiting Troops in Iraq

  
  Georgia Front Page — Authority: 124
  Governor Sonny Perdue and three other governors are visiting American soldiers serving in Iraq today (November 10), as Veteran’s Day approaches this week. Governor Perdue is in Iraq as part of a delegation with Governors Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming and Ted Kulongoski of Oregon. “I am ...
  3 days ago

• What Really Should Be Discussed Regarding the Yadkin River Hydroelectric Project

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 563
  The opinion piece below was published in the Charlotte Observer on Nov. 5, 2009. I am republishing this piece on behalf of Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper ( www.yadkinriverkeeper.org ). The Yadkin Riverkeeper is one of the many environmental groups in opposition to Alcoa receiving a new 50-year license from ...
  3 days ago

• Sonny Perdue to be next President of UGA?

  
  Oconee County, GA Politics — Authority: 138
  Former UGA football player and Veterinarian Sonny Perdue, currently lame duck Repubilcan Governor of Georgia, has reportedly been "set up" to be the next President of the University of Georgia. This might come as a surprise to current UGA President Michael Adams, who has long been rumored to be the replacement for the ...
  4 days ago

• Your Tax Dollars at Work

  
  Left on Lanier — Authority: 132
  We used to see these signs at various public works projects. Some cities and counties still post notices to remind citizens and voter that taxes go to work. However the AJC wrote another story on how your tax dollars are working … on the wrong pet projects. Mostly these articles in the AJC have focused on ‘user ...
  5 days ago

• Hey DOT: Finish what you started

  
  theCLog — Authority: 490
  Today, Gov. Bev Perdue is planning to announce some sort of super secret funding plan that will allow the Department of Transportation to finish the I-485 loop, which they began building more than 20 years ago. Officials said Sunday that Perdue is scheduled to reveal the financing method that would pay for the ...
  5 days ago

• Your morning jolt: Does the governor know what you’re doing? ‘I am the governor’

  
  Political Insider — Authority: 485
  Over on Lake Jackson down toward middle Georgia, Fonnette Harris saw some machinery on the lot across the water, dredging up dirt from a boat slip, then dumping it deeper into the lake. She and her husband hopped into their pontoon boat and hailed the fellow on the opposite shore – asking if he had a permit and ...
  5 days ago

• Caraway ‘conflict’ engages city, county

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 519
  After a "possible conflict of interest" led San Marcos city officials to turn over delinquent tax collections to Hays County this week, an identical conflict came into play for the city once the county accepted the job. As a result, delinquent tax collections both for the city and the county will be handled by a law ...
  1 week ago

• North Carolina Wildlife Federation Calls on Governor Perdue to Clean Up North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Appointments

  
  Moose Droppings — Authority: 122
  The State Board of Elections concluded their hearings last week into the former Governor’s administration turning it over to the district attorney’s office because it appears state laws were violated. As part of the hearings allegations that seats on the Wildlife Commission were up for sale was testified to ...
  1 week ago

• He Hasnt Lost Anything Yet

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 753
  It was Halloween 2001, and Kennesaw State freshman Nick Ayers was sitting anxiously in an Atlanta airplane hangar. A friend had recommended him for a campaign position with Republican state senator Sonny Perdue, who was mounting a long-shot gubernatorial run against Democratic incumbent Roy Barnes. The portly, ...
  1 week ago

• Herring: "King and Spaulding coup advances"

  
  Lucid Idiocy (politics) — Authority: 125
  I think Neill Herring is a man who likes some strong metaphors, too. To be sure, we are looking at a lot of King and Spalding work, influence, and I dare say billing, on water and the environment here toward the end of Gov. Perdues term. The Daily Report reports "a King & Spalding partner will be the lead ...
  2 weeks ago

• Limited Availability for the North Carolina Awards Tonight

  
  NC Cultural Resources Newsroom — Authority: 428
  (ASSIGNMENT/CALENDAR EDITORS: The North Carolina Awards will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Contact the Cultural Resources Information and Marketing Services Office, (919) 807-7389 or 7385, for additional information and biographical background.) (RALEIGH) — ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Perdue nemesis signs up with Karen Handel

  
  Political Insider — Authority: 485
  This is late, but Karen Handel’s Republican campaign for governor recently put out a new list of endorsements. We were going to pass on it, until we noticed that the list included Bill Byrne, the former Cobb County Commission chairman — and yet another critic of Gov. Sonny Perdue. Byrne lost to Perdue in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Governor Sleezey Faces Judgement From BOE

  
  Katy's Conservative Corner — Authority: 403
  Its finally judgement week, Part I for Michael Easley (left, prior to wrecking yet another race car. Photo courtesy Greensboro News and Recor d ) , former Governor of the Old North State.  Part I, because there will certainly be more hearings in court in the months to come.  This week, the North Carolina Board ...
  2 weeks ago

• Perdue Returns from China

  
  Carolina Politics Online — Authority: 434
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue is returning to North Carolina after a nearly two-week trade and cultural mission to China and Japan. The AP You’d think with a 25% approval rating Bev would do a cultural tour of North Carolina instead. Perdue leaves behind a contingent of about 20 North Carolina ...
  2 weeks ago

• Perdue makes pick to head EPD

  
  Lucid Idiocy (politics) — Authority: 125
  From the governors office: ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he is recommending F. Allen Barnes to be the new Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. If approved on Wednesday by the Board of Natural Resources, Barnes will replace Carol Couch, who served as EPD Director for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is your local paper covering the news? 350.org?

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 563
  I recently resubscribed to my local newspaper, Raleighs News & Observer. Its only been about two weeks now and Im thinking about dropping my subscription again. Yesterday, I marched with about 150 other people in the rain as part of the International Day of Climate Action . We went to the Governors Mansion to ...
  2 weeks ago

• NCGOP FAIL… again

  
  Carolina Politics Online — Authority: 434
  A political tip: If you’re going to send something to the governor’s office, you better know what’s in it. Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger showed off a wheelbarrow full of “Conservative Voter Surveys” Tuesday that he said reflected lots of anger and frustration with Democrats. We’re guessing Berger ...
  3 weeks ago

• Perdue Says No Get Out of Jail Free

  
  Carolina Politics Online — Authority: 434
  Due to a North Carolina state law that defines a life sentence as 80 years, 20 violent inmates, rapists and murderers, are due to be let out of jail next week.  Apparently, they’re getting time off for good behavior.  The governor says, no way. Gov. Beverly Perdue says she will not release 20 inmates who ...
  3 weeks ago

• Backfire! NC GOP-er Delivers Anti-Republican Survey Comments To Dem Gov

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 806
  When North Carolina state senator Phil Berger (R) trucked a wheelbarrow stacked with Republican surveys into the governors office, he thought he was delivering a neat blow to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue. According to The News & Observer , the 3,000 or so surveys, filled out by prospective Republican voters, ...
  3 weeks ago

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