Tag search result for: Nick Mackey

Democrats see Mackey behind challengers

bniolet — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:55:33 -0500

Three Democratic legislators from Mecklenburg County are gearing up for primary challenges — and some suspect that fellow Democratic lawmaker Nick Mackey may be behind them.

Etheridge takes up for pigs

bniolet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:35:47 -0500

POLITICAL WIND: A decision by the U.S. Capitol Police suggesting that pigs were a threat to spread H1N1 to humans created an unlikely alliance between People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat and farmer. The police were wrong, he wrote, in their reason for denying permission for PETA to blow hog-waste infused air toward Congress. Pigs don't give H1N1 to people, he explained. (N&O)

DENR launches probe of Verizon gifts

bniolet — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:22:16 -0400

* The state environment agency is investigating whether its employees accepted gifts and meals from Verizon Business, a company that provides electronics to vehicle inspection stations.

Verizon gave the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources documentation of meals and a Carolina Hurricanes hockey ticket the company provided free to five Division of Air Quality employees from 2006 to spring of this year, said DENR spokesman Jamie Kritzer.

Cyberbullying bill approved

markjohnson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:32:52 -0400

The House late Monday gave final approval to a bill making cyberbullying a class 1 misdemeanor.

The bill makes it a crime to intimidiate or torment a minor over the internet, such as in an internet chat room, through an altered image posted on the internet or by signing a minor up for a pornographic web site.

Bar files charges against Mackey

bkrueger — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:26:57 -0400

The N.C. State Bar has accused state Rep. Nick Mackey of “criminal acts” for failing to file state and federal income tax returns.

The charges are part of a wide-ranging complaint that could lead to the Charlotte Democrat’s suspension or even disbarment, report Jim Morrill and Gary Wright of The Charlotte Observer.

House: no Web bullying

markjohnson — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:24:26 -0400

House members overwhelmingly backed legislation Thursday that makes it a crime to bully a minor over the Internet.

Rep. Nick Mackey, a Mecklenburg County Democrat and chief sponsor of the bill, said the Internet takes bullying off the school bus and out of the classroom and puts it into the community.

Lobbyist starts Facebook group for bill

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:13:02 -0400

Liquor does not have many advocates in North Carolina.

Lobbyist Theresa Kostrzewa represents the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., which is backing a bill that would allow state ABC stores to sell liquor on Sundays.

The NCGA Final Two

bniolet — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:23 -0400

Forget the NCAA for a moment.

Tonight will see the N.C. General Assembly — the NCGA? — play its own version of the March Madness sweeping college basketball.

The Legislative Black Caucus

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:11:20 -0500

Who's in the Legislative Black Caucus?

Started in 1983, the nonprofit group of black lawmakers discusses common issues in the legislature, holds an annual conference and runs a foundation.

It currently has 21 members in the 120-member House and nine in the 50-member Senate.

Adams to chair Black Caucus again

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:05:59 -0500

State Rep. Alma Adams will again chair the Legislative Black Caucus.