Gov. Beverly Perdue is making her case for the stimulus.

Perdue flew to Williamsburg, Va., this morning on a state plane to participate in a panel of governors urging Congress to pass an economic stimulus package.

She has said that spending on infrastructure and other economic development projects will help reduce North Carolina's high unemployment rate.

Also attending are New York Gov. David Paterson, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, along with members of the U.S. House Democratic caucus.

The meeting at the Kingsmill Resort is closed to the press, although Perdue and others will speak afterward. 

Gov. Beverly Perdue said this morning that state agencies should prepare plans for potential layoffs, even though she said she didn’t think they would be necessary.

At a Council of State meeting Tuesday morning, Perdue said that personnel managers need to update their procedures for layoffs, Rob Christensen reports.

"I want everybody to be prepared," Perdue told reporters afterwards. "I do not anticipate RIFs or layoffs or even four-day work weeks. But I think it does us all justice to be prepared as the economy softens. This is not a paper exercise we are about. Tough decisons are going to be made."

"There are going to be tough decisions by familes around their kitchen table, and state government is no different," she said.

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