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No parking on Capitol lawn

kkiley — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:04:02 -0400

For state Rep. Nelson Dollar, the construction vehicles parked in front of statues and monuments on the Capitol's lawn had ruined enough field trips.

So Dollar got his fellow lawmakers to do something about it.

The Cary Republican sponsored a bill that would let state maintenance vehicles park on the streets around the Capitol for free as long as they stayed off the building's lawn. On Thursday, the bill got final approval from the Senate.

Senate signs off on budget

bkrueger — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:19:50 -0400

The $21.4 billion state budget proposal cleared the Senate today by a 31-14 vote. The House is expected to take up the spending plan when its session begins at 4:30 p.m.

Debate in the Senate was short. Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Republican, again questioned the level of borrowing in the budget. It calls for authorizing more than $850 million in capital construction projects.