Tag search result for: Earl Jones

Dome Memo: Health care and sci fi

bniolet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:50:42 -0400

HAIL TO THE CUPCAKES: President Barack Obama held a town hall at a Raleigh high school to build support and rally swing votes on health care reform among the state's Congressional delegation. While in Raleigh, the leader of the free world gave a huge plug to a Raleigh cupcake shop and forgot the name of the House speaker.

Set phasers to 'educate'

bniolet — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:09:08 -0400

Rep. Earl Jones's bill to provide funding for a technology research center on N.C. A&T State University's campus was a YouTube parody waiting to happen.

Star Fleet Academy, NC A&T campus

bniolet — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:56:52 -0400

Jones: video gaming just like lottery

bniolet — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:59:51 -0400

Rep. Earl Jones called a news conference Tuesday to announce his longshot effort to legalize and regulate video gambling has new endorsements.

The Black Caucus and the State Employees Association of North Carolina support the bill, which would take for the state 20 cents for every dollar spent on video poker machines. Dropping video gambling machines in bars, convenience stores and other establishments across the state could raise nearly $500 million in new revenue, Jones said.

Video poker eager to cash out

kkiley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:51:26 -0400

It's not common that an interest group asks the government to tax it, but that's what the Video Poker industry did in a press release today.

Industry representatives say electronic gaming, which was made illegal in 2006, can bring the state $498 million in tax revenue if it is regulated and taxed, which they say can help alleviate the budget shortfall.

Jones wants video poker on the table

kkiley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:06:37 -0400

Rep. Earl Jones is trying his luck at video poker.

A House committee began discussing but took no action on a bill sponsored by Jones that would legalize video poker in North Carolina, while giving the state 20 percent of the gaming profits. The state banned the machines in 2006.

Science project inspired failed bill

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:19:31 -0400

An elementary student's science fair project inspired a bill to combat germs on grocery carts.

Rep. Earl Jones, a Greensboro Democrat, said he first learned of the variety of bacteria on shopping cart handles in 2007 when he read about a science project by Nicole Shaw, then a student at Jones Elementary in his district.

Bill to push sanitary wipes fails

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:00:46 -0400

The House rejected a bill encouraging grocery stores to provide sanitizing wipes to customers to clean shopping cart handles.

Rep. Ed Jones, a Greensboro Democrat, said he filed the bill after learning that researchers determined shopping carts provided some of the most exposure to germs and were most risky for children under the age of six.

Video poker bill filed

bniolet — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:55:13 -0400

Rep. Earl Jones filed a bill Wednesday that would legalize video poker and give the state a 20 percent cut of gaming profits.

Recent House bills

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:04 -0400

Recent House bills of note:

H.B. 661: City Managers on School Boards, Rep. Ray Warren

H.B. 677: Require a "First in Flight" Background, Reps. Lucy Allen, Lorene Coates, Nelson Cole and Becky Carney