http://www.yourstreet.com/news/general-assembly YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us If actions have consequences, the consequences for speaking out in favor of the diversity policy could be costly for one local law firm. It didn't escape the attention of the new school board majority that prominent local attorney Wade Smith was one of the speakers... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756503/looking-for-a-new-school-board-attorney- Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:08 -0800 True. Long story short, from veggieplates.org: "Time is getting short, though — we need to have 350 prepaid applications by the end of November 2009 to submit (along with our plate design [above]) to the General Assembly, then to the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6740653/virginia-may-be-first-state-with-vegetarian-license-plate Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:01:08 -0700 The MAP Grant program is for university and college students in the state of Illinois, which has helped fund tuition for 138,000 students across the state over the past year. The program granted $200 million dollars first semester, but the General Assembly did not... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749725/gov-quinn-leads-campus-rally-for-grant-funding Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:33:08 -0700 The rally is scheduled to start at noon on Wednesday and will begin at the south side of the Union. After the demonstration there will be a question and answer session with Quinn at the Illini Union Pine Lodge. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749728/quinn-holding-rally-to-save-college-scholarships Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:51:08 -0700 The September 30th Daily Illini editorial addressed the General Assembly college scholarship. While it is my belief that the editorial board is trying to educate students on the possibility of further corruption in our political and educational system, the broad... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749731/general-assembly-scholarship-assumptions-demean-students,-family Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:31:08 -0700 Just two months ago, Abu Mazen's western backers (and bank-rollers) were lauding the non-trivial achievement he racked up by being able to convene a selected list of invitees to the Fateh General Conference. In the weeks since then, his political standing in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739417/abu-mazen-s-legitimacy-plunging Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:58:08 -0700 Durham Public Schools posted their planned revisions to the district's suspension and magnet policies on their website after the last school board meeting in September. There was still some debate over the changes, which were further discussed at a DPS committee... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739680/dps-plans-policy-revisions-for-suspensions,-magnet-schools Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:34:08 -0700 The state's elections commission is asking the General Assembly to reconvene and fix the state's public financing law so candidates for the 2010 elections won't remain in limbo. READ MORE>> http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746520/fed-ruling-puts-conn-candidates-in-limbo Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:15:08 -0700 Although charter schools, school accountability, budget cuts and elections were all part of the legislative advocacy agenda of the S.C. School Boards Association Thursday, education finance reform emerged as the major issue. The association on Thursday broadcast the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736861/schools-focus-on-finding-funds Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:07:08 -0700 State regulators said today that Progress Energy can build a natural gas-fired power plant as part of a plan that will allow Progress to shut down three older coal-burning power plants near Goldsboro. The N.C. Utilities Commission approved the clean-burning gas plant... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6733891/progress-energy-on-fast-track-to-build-clean-burning-natural-gas-power-plan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:16:08 -0700 A group of grocers says it will push Kentucky lawmakers in the 2010 General Assembly to pass a bill allowing the sale of wine in grocery stores. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730156/ky-grocers-want-wine-sold-in-their-stores Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:54:08 -0700 Democratic attorney general nominee Steve Shannon on Wednesday announced plans for tougher conflict-of-interest rules at the General Assembly saying that Del. Phil Hamilton's links to Old Dominion University have left a "stain of public corruption" on the General... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6724389/va-ag-democratic-candidate-calls-for-tougher-restrictions-after-hamilton-o Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:07:08 -0700 A majority of Connecticut voters believe Gov. M. Jodi Rell ``copped out'' by not signing or vetoing the budget bill passed by the Democratic-controlled General Assembly, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. READ MORE >> http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730315/rell-s-popularity-at-all-time-low Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:57:08 -0700 BY SHLOMO SHAMIR Haaretz The World Jewish Congress on Monday launched a new global campaign on to convince world leaders to boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s address to the United Nations General Assembly next week. Ahmadinejad is set to speak at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6723645/world-jewish-congress-asks-world-leaders-to-boycott-iranian-president-mahmo Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:34:08 -0700 While some school officials praised the bill moving through the General Assembly, others were concerned about young children carrying syringes of medication. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718176/state-bill-would-ok-students-to-possess-allergy-drug-epipen Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 While some school officials praised the bill moving through the General Assembly, others were concerned about young children carrying syringes of medication. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718203/state-bill-would-ok-students-to-possess-allergy-drug-epipen Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 RALEIGH -- Gov. Bev Perdue used the first veto of her young administration Thursday to defy the General Assembly over a previously little-noticed public-records bill. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712826/perdue-uses-1st-veto-to-push-transparency Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:15:08 -0700 Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed her first bill Thursday, blocking legislation that she said expands wrongly what requests and documents General Assembly members can keep secret. Perdue said the bill approved unanimously by the House and Senate last month unnecessarily... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712926/perdue-vetoes-anti-transparency-bill Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:09:08 -0700 A businessman who served 16 years in the General Assembly and a lawyer who worked for former Gov. Jim Hodges were appointed to the University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Greg Gregory of Lancaster, who owns a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704609/2-trustees-named-to-usc-board Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:44:08 -0700 I joined with my colleagues in the General Assembly in passing a compromise state budget last week that successfully closes an $8.5 billion budget deficit for the next two fiscal years. The $37.6 billion biennial budget was crafted following extensive negotiations... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709235/budget-offers-estate-tax-relief-for-fairfield-county Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:33:08 -0700