Posts by Frank Iler

Week three of the short session began with a flurry of activity and anticipation.  The activity involved lobbyists promoting their clients’ positions on various bills, as well as Representatives and Senators checking to see if they had enough votes on various bills.  The anticipation was that the House would soon see the energy bill from…

Week two of the short session began early with a Monday 4:00 p.m. session.  This was in order to read in dozens of new bills and get the week off to a fast start.  Many meetings were held with our colleagues to discuss the upcoming bills. This included tax issues, as well as energy, education,…

Although the General Assembly kicked off last week, things began to heat up before the gavel came down at noon on Wednesday.  There were various committees and meetings which took place Monday and Tuesday all over Raleigh.  Of course, most of them were in the Legislative Building and the Legislative Office Building.  Approximately 300 bills…

The North Carolina General Assembly 2014 short session will convene at high noon, 12 o’clock, on Wednesday, May 14th.  There are several reasons it’s called the short session.  They include the length of approximately six to eight weeks as compared to the six month long session last year, the limited number of bills we can…

Provided as an exclusive to the State Port Pilot Publishing a weekly update from the legislature involves a recitation of the key bills in which the reading public might be interested.  It involves brief summaries of what is actually in the bills, the vote counts, and sometimes reasons one voted on one side or the…