Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 2, 2011

Last week could be called “Budget Week” in the North Carolina House of Representatives. With all six of the Appropriations Sub-Committees having voted their budgets out to the full House Appropriations Committee, it was time to prepare amendments to the full budget.  So, on Wednesday, the full committee (all 88 of us) met from 8:30…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 25, 2011

Last week our time in Raleigh was shortened due to the tornado outbreak across the state.  We were instructed to remain in our districts Monday, if needed, to assist with storm damage or help in networking with state agencies.  Fortunately, our district was not hit like many to the north and west of us.  Several…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 18, 2011

Being in Raleigh last week was like being in the eye of a hurricane.  Bills were blowing through committees, coming to the House floor for heated debate, and moving back and forth from the House to the Senate and back.  All the while, the Governor was vetoing three of our key bills in four days. …

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 14, 2011

The big news last week revolved around the possible override of the Governor’s veto of House Bill 2 – Protect Health Care Freedom, the hearing in the House Education Committee on Senate Bill 8 – No Cap on Charter Schools, and the impending passage in the Senate of Senate Bill 110 – Permit Terminal Groins.…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 6, 2011

After five weeks in the 2011 legislative session, nearly 500 bills have been introduced, half in the House and half in the Senate.  In addition, we have been working on the budget almost two weeks.   If that wasn’t enough, the census figures became available late last week, so we can start working on the redistricting…

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Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 28, 2011

The budget was on everybody’s mind and their agenda last week.  We received the Governor’s budget the previous Thursday, so every morning at 8:30; all six of the joint appropriations sub-committees were meeting to work on the House version of the budget.  As a member of the House Appropriations Sub-committee on Transportation, we are slightly…

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