* U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge will speak at the Campbell University commencement. He is an alumnus of the college.
* Liberal blogger Rob Schofield notes a mixed message from the North Carolina chamber about whether workers should have sick days.
* Legislators send a bill to limit local governments that want to provide Internet access to residents to committee to be studied.
* U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx sends a letter to the mother of Matthew Shepard apologizing for her comments about his death, hate crimes bill passes.




Re: Quick Hits
Already, elected officials in Salisbury and Wilson are trying their hands at providing cable and Internet and thinking they can do better than private businesses working specifically in the industry.
It helps, of course, that if they're wrong, they aren't bearing the huge financial risk — they've put the risks all on the taxpayers, of course.