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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. …
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 11, 2011
Last week in Raleigh was known as much for interesting committee hearings as for the historical legislation that came to the floor of the House. On Tuesday, the House Transportation Committee, which I was chairing, heard many speakers on House Bill 422 – No High-Speed Rail Money From Federal Gov’t – This bill would not…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 28, 2011
Many interesting bills were in committees and on the House floor last week. Many bills of local and state-wide interest are still in committee, including the photo I.D. bill, the charter school bill, and the terminal groin bill. The Joint Appropriations Sub-committees are still meeting every morning on the budget, and the Appropriations Chairs are…
Read MoreLegislative 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.…
Read MoreLegislative 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…
Read MoreLegislative 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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