http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_senate_honor_jim_long Comments for "House, Senate honor Jim Long" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_senate_honor_jim_long <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p><img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/profile_images/jim.long.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="93" height="150" align="right" />The legislature <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&amp;BillID=s+376&amp;submitButton=Go">honored</a> the state&#39;s long-serving Insurance Commissioner, the late <a href="/profiles/jim_long">Jim Long</a>.</p><p>&quot;We&#39;ll miss him dearly, but the people and citizens of North Carolina will miss him more,&quot; said House Majority Leader Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/hugh_holliman">Hugh Holliman</a>. </p><p>&quot;Our state has some of the lowest insurance rates in the nation thanks to the work that he did,&quot; said Rep. <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&amp;nUserID=333">Alice Bordsen</a>, a Mebane Democrat. </p><p>Long <a href="/under_the_dome/jim_long_24_year_insurance_head_dies">died</a> at 68, shortly after he retired. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_senate_honor_jim_long#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_senate_honor_jim_long#comment Alice Bordsen Hugh Holliman Jim Long SJR376-09 Under the Dome Thu, 21 May 2009 13:59:40 -0400 bniolet 14012 at http://projects.newsobserver.com