Tag search result for: N.C. Rural Economic Development Center

The Most Requested Earmarks

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:55:54 -0400

Here are the five most-requested earmarks of 2009:

Textiles Research. Eight Congressmen requested from $3.5 million to $20 million for research at the National Textile Center and/or the Textile Clothing Technology Corp.

Earmark Watch: Rural business

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:06:57 -0400

An earmark from six state Democrats would help rural businesses.

Reps. Heath Shuler of Waynesville, Brad Miller of Raleigh, Bob Etheridge of Lillington, Mike McIntyre of Lumberton, David Price of Chapel Hill and G.K. Butterfield of Wilson requested $750,000 in federal appropriations for the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, a state-created nonprofit.

Lambeth ready to reform campaign finance

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:12:58 -0500

Tom Lambeth remembers the bad-old days of campaign finance.

As chief of staff to Rep. Richardson Preyer in the 1970s, he recalls the days before post-Watergate reforms when lobbyists would hand cash-filled envelopes to Congressmen.

Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:43:22 -0400

Sen. Walter Dalton is seeking more than $277 million in state spending.