* Rank-and-file lawmakers will get their first look at the state budget proposal today. A key detail that has yet to emerge is how many state positions would be eliminated. (AP)
* The budget proposal forces local schools to do their own cutting and orders that they protect the classroom. (Tavern)
* Unions don't yet have much to show for a big push they made in the state during the last election cycle. (N&O)
* Lawyers are expected to argue today a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by news organizations against Gov. Mike Easley over the deletion of e-mail messages. (AP)
* Congress is on break, but the advertising and lobbying blitz over health care reform begins. (NYT)
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