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State gets a $152 million break

lbonner — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:09:02 -0500

The federal goverment will cut the state's Medicare prescription drug bill by $152 million, according to Gov. Bev Perdue.

The $152 million is the state's share of the $4.3 billion in temporary Medicare cost cuts announced this week.

Under a federal law passed in 2003, the states help pay Medicare prescription drug costs for people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The states' share of those costs are called "clawback payments."

Geithner: Recovery efforts working

bniolet — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:46:18 -0500

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the economic recovery efforts of President Barack Obama's administration in a visit to the Triangle on Thursday.

Study: Stimulus helped N.C.

bniolet — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:37:14 -0500

The stimulus package passed by Congress is keeping about 200,000 North Carolina families out of poverty, according to a new analysis by the liberal leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The stimulus package, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has expanded food stamp benefits, expanded Child Tax Credits and Earned Income Tax Credits, extended unemployment benefits and made one-time payments to many elderly people, veterans and people with disabilities, Rob Christensen reports.

Son wants mother's killer locked away

bniolet — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:30:09 -0400

LONG SHOT: Every year for the past 20, a Charlotte man has made a pilgrimage to Raleigh to beg strangers to keep the man who killed his mother locked up. This week, he made a desperate move to ask the state Supreme Court to keep Bobby E. Bowden, one of two-dozen lifers who may be released unconditionally, in prison. (N&O)

Dome Memo: Karma and love

bniolet — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:36:03 -0400

BOOMERANG: As stunts go, the Republican Party's "Conservative Voter Survey" ranks right up there with some of Evel Knievel's work. A wheelbarrow full of surveys was meant to show how many people don't like Gov. Beverly Perdue, a Democrat. Over at Perdue's office, staff members sifted through the surveys and found plenty of irate voters upset with Republicans as well as a campaign contribution that was intended for the Republican Party.

One bill, two takes

bniolet — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:20:13 -0400

In voting against the $787 billion economic stimulus bill last February, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr called it a "hastily written bill" that would ensure "a massive debt for our grandchildren."

Last week in Bethlehem, N.C, he called a $2 million grant from the bill "a great thing for this county."

Obama's Rural Tour coming to N.C.

bkrueger — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:31:46 -0400

Two members of the Obama administration are coming to North Carolina next week to talk about rural education and the economic stimulus plan.

The White House announced today that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will host a community forum at Richmond Community College in Hamlet on Monday.

Hagan: stimulus, health reform coming

kkiley — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:55:47 -0400

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said Congress is working as quickly as possible to dispense stimulus money and reform the health care system.

Speaking to the N.C. Sheriffs' Association on Monday, Hagan touted the $6.3 billion coming to the state from the federal stimulus package, including money for preventing crime, helping victims and violence against women.

Parking lot raises ire

bniolet — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:12 -0400

Sen. Tom Coburn wonders why the federal stimulus package is paying for a $300,000 parking lot in the Guilford County town of Summerfield.

The Summerfield parking lot makes the Oklahoma Republican’s list of 100 questionable projects being financed by the stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year, Rob Christensen reports.

DSCC: We have lines of attack

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:25:19 -0400

For now, Democrats plan to attack Sen. Richard Burr on the economy.

Eric Schultz, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, took issue with the headline of a previous post on Burr's chances in 2010.