News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

General Assembly, North Carolina

Jordan says education at top of legislative agenda - Ja 17 87 2C
Assembly outlook '87 - Ja 18 87 1D
Press, public to be given more access to Assembly - Ja 31 87 13A
Jordan urges action on jobs, environment; 127th General Assembly begins - Fe 10 87 1
the powers behind the powers that be; Who are these people and what are they doing here in the
legislature? - Fe 16 87 12A
Jordan to announce 'supersub' appointees (to make decisions about state budget) - Fe 19 87 20C
Wake said short on clout; Lack of power, unity blamed on districts - Mr 1 87 31A
Plan to limit sessions proposed; Bills from Lincoln County lawmaker also set 3-day work week - Mr 16 87 4C
House committee kills bill on session length - Mr 26 87 7A
Editorial: A legislative fleet adrift (state vegetable and boat) - Ap 18 87 14A
Lawmakers rush to aid Burlington; Investors sue over roadblocks - Ap 28 87 1
Legislators visit Tarboro to commemorate session (200th anniversary of 1st meeting) - Ap 30 87 21A
Legislators hold special session, recall 200-year-old Tarboro roots - My 1 87 14A
Study shows changes in General Assembly - My 5 87 18C
Editorial: Legislative rush hours - My 11 87 14A
Under the Dome: Legislature works at 'double-time' - My 15 87 1
Tired legislature shifts into overdrive to scale mountain of bills by deadline - My 28 87 1C
Jordan says legislative deadlines have not yielded bad measures - My 29 87 14A
Deadline forces long hours on legislators - My 31 87 29A
Legislature losing grip on its self-image - Jn 5 87 18A
Legislative deadlines defended by Jordan - Jn 6 87 4C
Governor vs. legislature; Assembly continues to chip away power of chief executive - Jn 14 87 1D
Jordan-House spats come at critical time - Jn 14 87 1
Senate swamped with bills OK'd by House - Jn 23 87 18C
Budget dispute could make '87 longest session - Jn 30 87 5C
Legislature's 'supersub' reforms appear not to be working out - Jy 10 87 1
Rural-urban legislative rivalry heats up - Jy 19 87 1D
Bills still to be considered - (Chart) - Jy 27 87 6A
Issues of tax code, levy on insurance keeping state lawmakers in session - Jy 27 87 1
Editorial: More eyes peeled for pollution - Jy 30 87 18A
Session may not end until mid-August - Jy 30 87 23A

General Assembly, North Carolina

Legislature can't require governor to consult budget panel, opinion says - Ja 25 86 1
Long calls for special legislative session for power to order hard-to-get coverage - Fe 4 86 1
Editorial: Limits on 'crisis' session - Fe 5 86 8A
Martin is expected to call special session - Fe 5 86 1
(Special) Session announced - Fe 6 86 1C
Legislature to meet Feb. 18 on insurance measures - Fe 6 86 2C
State no longer has once-in-a-while legislature - Fe 14 86 22A
Under the dome: Lawmakers returning for special session - Fe 18 86 1
Assembly, Martin ask Thornburg for opinions on funds from Exxon - Mr 21 86 1D
Heavy agenda could prolong legislature's 'short session' - Mr 25 86 18C
General Assembly's short session likely to last 30 days - Ap 14 86 8A
Legislature to get down to business - My 6 86 1D
Legislature to face variety of bills - My 29 86 5C
Lawmakers set to tackle prisons, roads, raises - Jn 1 86 31A
Legislative leaders lay groundwork for short session - Jn 2 86 WA-1
Legislators start tax, budget debate in session today - Jn 5 86 19A
Lawmakers begin short session - Jn 6 86 1
Farm-aid legislation likely in short session - Jn 8 86 35A
Legislature rushes to judgment on insurance - Jn 15 86 10A
Under the dome: Lawmakers offer prayers - Jy 7 86 12A
Editorial: Bipartisan - to what end? - Jy 11 86 22A
February start proposed to keep long session shorter - Jy 12 86 5C
Assembly takes break with days of work left - Jy 13 86 1
General Assembly may go home today - Jy 15 86 1
Editorial: Tall order in short session - Jy 17 86 26A
Legislative session featured cooperation; insurance industry hit with setbacks - Jy 17 86 1
Legislature adjourns with pomp and poetry - Jy 17 86 1C
What the General Assembly did - (Chart) - Jy 17 86 11A
Footnote to legislative session: 'the Short Tort Report' - Jy 20 86 5D
Governor battles legislature beyond Raleigh - Au 8 86 22A
Editorial: Scrub the 'supersub' - Au 12 86 10A
Martin pushes GOP candidates to break power of 'gang of 8' - Au 23 86 3C
Under the dome: Auditor reports dollar value of legislature - Se 21 86 1
Election aftertaste sours lawmakers on Martin; Alienation may handicap governor in legislature - No 9 86 1
26 Democrats, 6 Republicans to join ranks of legislature - No 16 86 41A
Legislators vie for leading roles as '88 campaigns draw nearer - No 18 86 18C
Republican legislators elect leaders (Redman; Cochrane) - No 23 86 40A

General Assembly, North Carolina

Losses by GOP will not change statehouse role - Ja 2 83 14A
N.C. lawmakers finding path to power blocked - Ja 2 83 1
Slim funds may curtail legislative session - Ja 5 83 12C
200 proposals are submitted for lawmakers - Ja 7 83 8C
General Assembly swells with bigger staff, budget - Ja 9 83 1D
How N. C. governors view the Legislature - Ja 9 83 7D
Lean times demand political courage - Ja 9 83 4D
New Legislature needs magic to finance all state programs - Ja 9 83 1
Religious groups prepare to lobby '83 Legislature - Ja 9 83 28A
Editorial: Lawmakers sing blues - Ja 12 83 4A
Economic pall hangs over Legislature's opening day - Ja 13 83 9B
Legislative chairmanships assigned - Ja 16 83 29A
Under the dome: New food service (for Legislature) lightens budget gloom - Ja 16 83 1
Legislature seeking volunteer ministers to lead daily prayer - Ja 19 83 2C
New bills (limiting length of legislative session) - Ja 26 83 6A
Lawmakers debate shorter sessions - Fe 5 83 8A
Senate OKs study of panels, workload - Fe 8 83 3C
Legislature's doctor of the day (Pruitt) mixes medicine with politics - Fe 13 83 23A
Panel approves parts of bill in separation of powers move - Fe 16 83 12C
Under the dome: Slow Assembly action worries leaders - Fe 23 83 1
Legislature bombarded with pleas from arms freeze advocates, foes - Fe 25 83 1
Senate panel formed to study limiting session length - Mr 3 83 18A
Lawmakers try to cling to power, comply with ruling (on separation of power) - Mr 8 83 4C
Lawmakers grope for levers of power - Mr 11 83 4A
Editorial: Whose Legislature? - Mr 20 83 4D
Panel approves joint committee to study one-building Legislature - Mr 24 83 20A
Sessions (length of legislative sessions) - Mr 25 83 6B
Editorial: Tying Legislature in red tape - Ap 7 83 4A
Under the dome: Heads bump on honors for national champs - Ap 9 83 1
Panel gives first OK to proposal to limit sessions to 100 days - Ap 13 83 4C

General Assembly, North Carolina

Wolfpack, Tar Heels share spotlight as Legislature honors national champs - Ap 19 83 1
Analyst says Legislature hurt N. C. utility stocks - Ap 21 83 17A
House, Senate measures differ in approach to cutting (length of) sessions - Ap 21 83 22A
Effort advances to delay opening of 1985 session - Ap 23 83 8B
House gives approval to measure that would shorten 1985 session - Ap 27 83 12C
Legislative leaders resolved to end 'do-nothing' resolutions - My 2 83 7B
Shorter sessions (bill debated) - My 5 83 14C
Senate panel OKs bill to limit sessions to 100 days - My 12 83 12A
Under the dome: Rumor of legislative break squelched - My 13 83 1
Senate tentatively OKs shorter legislative session - My 18 83 12C
Under the dome: Legislative adjournment appears distant - My 20 83 1
State Senate OKs bill to limit legislative sessions - My 25 83 12C
Feud flashes over bill's handling - My 28 83 5C
Under the dome: Bills to shorten sessions are bottled up - Jn 2 83 1
General Assembly's countdown spurs legislators' anxiety - Jn 26 83 25A
Adjournment - Jn 29 83 5C
Lawmakers' aides skip holiday as legislative rush gets going - Jy 4 83 14A
Policies on chaplains differ in N. C. legislative chambers - Jy 6 83 6A
Under the dome: Legislators hope to adjourn in mid-July - Jy 7 83 1
Under the dome: Legislators to try to finish Wednesday - Jy 15 83 1
Low salaries, longer sessions creating Legislature of elites - Jy 17 83 1
Lawmakers in a rush with time running out - Jy 18 83 3C
Legislature OKs bill for 47 special studies - Jy 21 83 20A
Under the dome: Assembly session heads for record books - Jy 21 83 1
Ramsey triumvirate consolidates its rule - Jy 22 83 4A
Under the dome: Lawmakers get signal that it's time to go - Jy 22 83 1
Legislators eagerly let July sun set on record session - Jy 23 83 2C
Longest legislative session ends after waste bill fails - Jy 23 83 1
Highlights of General Assembly activity for session - Jy 24 83 28A
Taxing '83 session touches many facets of life - Jy 24 83 27A
Editorial: Legislature falls short - Jy 26 83 4A
Session to review law (on informers) may be sought - Jy 27 83 14C
Under the dome: Hunt won't recall lawmakers for waste bill - Jy 28 83 1
Hunt ponders special session - Jy 29 83 1D
Legislature showed independence on taxes - Jy 29 83 4A
Session to clarify (new discovery) law possible, Adams says - Au 6 83 1C
Session to 'clear the air' on law likely, leaders say - Au 13 83 1
Editorial: Special session useful - Au 16 83 4A
Hunt urges session on discovery - Au 16 83 1
Discovery law session could be next week - Au 18 83 6B
Legislature may reconvene Friday to amend state's new discovery law - Au 24 83 1C
Legislature to return Friday to amend new discovery law - Au 25 83 1

General Assembly, North Carolina

Editorial: It's a one-day agenda - Au 26 83 4A
Legislators to meet, work and part today, leaders say - Au 26 83 2D
Under the dome: Special session is 10th in the last half-century - Au 26 83 12A
Grumbling marks legislators' 5-hour special session - Au 28 83 23A
Assembly gets mixed grades on education - Se 12 83 1C
Panel to fund studies on 27 topics; data to be used by Legislature in '85 - Se 30 83 6B
Under the dome: Acting administrator (Hall) gets permanent post - Oc 16 83 29A
Under the dome: Legislature considering new computer - No 9 83 1
Budget analysts shifted to allow cross-training - No 13 83 23A
Lawmakers failing on education policy, officials say - De 19 83 4C

General Assembly, North Carolina

Editorial: Longer terms deserve 'no' (General Assembly) - Ja 2 82 4
Census shows fewer blacks elected to N. C. Legislature - Ja 13 82 24
Court rules law violates doctrine (SEPARATION OF POWERS) - Ja 13 82 1
Decision sends message to lawmakers - Ja 14 82 1
Editorial: Ending a power plan - Ja 14 82 4
Numerous sessions raised pay of state's legislators in 1981 - Ja 17 82 28-I
Lawmaker assails absence of minorities (in General Assembly) - Fe 3 82 22
Under the dome: Enhanced appointment power sought (by legislature) - Fe 10 82 1
Is the party over in Legislature? - Maybe - Fe 12 82 4A
Legislature enacts new redistricting plan, adjourns - Fe 12 82 4D
Proposal for 4-year legislature backed, panned by officials - Mr 26 82 4D
Under the dome: Top fiscal post filled (Covington) - Mr 31 82 6A
Legislative panel favors plan to change appointive powers - Ap 15 82 14A
Legislative session requested to decide redistricting moves - Ap 23 82 1D
Hunt orders redistricting session - Ap 24 82 1C
Split legislative session suggested to facilitate primary campaign - My 5 82 12C
Under the dome: Legislators to return to 163 leftover bills - Jn 1 82 6A
House, Senate members gather for 'Love Feasts' - Jn 17 82 22A
Under the dome: Need to campaign leads to adjournment - Jn 19 82 1
House, Senate approve compromise on insurance plan, adjourn session - Jn 24 82 1C
Terms' start, new financing to be decided - Oc 19 82 1C
Editorial: Leave lame ducks unhatched - Oc 27 82 4A
Democrats, GOP expect modest gains in Legislature - Oc 31 82 30A
GOP ranks decline, blacks' numbers rise in Legislature - No 4 82 2C

General Assembly, North Carolina

Under the dome: Businessmen form legislative watchdog group - Ja 23 84 1
Budget process alters state laws, study says - Fe 15 84 5C
Under the dome: Legislative workers got extra 8% boost - Fe 17 84 1
Martin, leaders meet as Legislature opens - Jn 8 84 16D
Assembly works slowly, Senate leader complains - Jn 15 84 20A
Committee Oks bill to delay '85 session - Jn 21 84 4C
Legislature on offense in fresh power struggle - Jn 29 84 1
Lawmakers praised by Hunt for enactments during session - Jn 30 84 3C
Editorial: Legislative grab for power - Jy 1 84 4D
Controversial issues remain unsolved as session winds down - Jy 2 84 7B
Legislators' stay keeps stretching as tough bills remain unresolved - Jy 3 84 6B
Lawmakers say starting session later will make it shorter - Jy 4 84 21A
More than budget considered in 'education session' - Jy 9 84 14C
Unfinished business waits for legislators in Feb. - Jy 9 84 1C
Assembly's environmental gains cited - Jy 10 84 6B
Editorial: Success, with leftovers - Jy 10 84 4A
Group to attune General Assembly to business trends - Au 20 84 1C
Apportionment (for General Assembly) opinion sought by high court - Oc 2 84 3C
Jordan calls for team effort in Legislature - No 8 84 21A
Lawing loses as GOP doubles strength in legislature - No 8 84 9B
Martin expected to be challenged by General Assembly - No 8 84 19A
Editorial: Martin-legislative test - No 12 84 4A
Under the dome: Democrats discuss next year's assembly - No 27 84 1
Suggested legislation forwarded to panel - De 14 84 5D
Under the dome: GOP picks legislative leaders today - De 16 84 1

General Assembly, North Carolina

Under the dome: Lawmakers may split legislative session - No 10 82 1
Editorial: Politics turning color blind - No 16 82 4A
Under the dome: Legislature's top staff member (Allen) to retire - No 19 82 1
Under the dome: New Legislature has lots of experience - De 4 82 1
Study committee recommends streamlining of '83 Legislature - De 8 82 1C
Lawmakers divided on highway funds; split session rejected - De 17 82 5D
Long hours at low pay hurts Legislature - De 17 82 4A
Under the dome: Ramsey opposes Legislature changes - De 19 82 1
Editorial: Paws in executive honey - De 20 82 4A

General Assembly, North Carolina

Under the Dome: Legislature's legal bills near $60,000 - Ja 8 92, 1B
N.C. lawmakers take beating on development issues - Ja 19 92, 5F
Under the Dome: Old hands leaving General Assembly - Fe 7 92, 1B
Business watchdog (Davis) stalks lawmakers through computer; N.C. Free chief gathers secrets - Fe 10 92, 2B
State leaders' clout rated; Blue gives boost to area lawmakers - Ap 2 92, 1B
the pecking order - Ap 2 92, 2B
Editorial: Triangle builds muscle (legislators) - Ap 7 92, 8A
Legislature sure to see new faces; Redistricting, retirements boost turnover - My 4 92, 1B
A short look at the 'short session' - My 26 92, 5A
the political sideshow (short session) - My 26 92, 5A
Legislators hope short session lives up to name - My 27 92, 1B
Lights, camera for legislature - My 29 92, 4B
Antsy legislators can't agree on when to leave - Jy 10 92, 4B - No end to session in sight; Disputes keeping lawmakers hanging - Jy 23 92, 1B
House, Senate resolve budget; Legislature set to close today - Jy 25 92, 1B
General Assembly highlights - (Chart) - Jy 26 92, 10A
Under the Dome: Legislature losing years of experience - Au 2 92, 1C
Under the Dome: Dial-in access may let voters tap news - Se 2 92, 1B
New faces, same ratio? Parties jockey for legislature - Oc 31 92, 1B
Legislative faces, not lineup, change - No 5 92, 1B
Legislature mulls public access to its computer - No 7 92, 4B
the governor left out in the cold; Republican Martin got little help from Democrats in legislature - De 26 92, 1

General Assembly, North Carolina

Under the Dome: GOP aide (Muchmore) joins legislative staff - Ja 9 91 1B
Under the Dome: Legislature hires fired Martin hand (Holliday) - Ja 20 91 1C
Tight money, hard choices - Ja 27 91 1J
A guide to the General Assembly - Ja 30 91 3B
Editorial: Legislature: eyes ahead - Ja 30 91 18A
Legislators awaiting committee assignments - Fe 4 91 1B
Triangle legislators get key roles - Fe 8 91 1B
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