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N.C. Speaker pushing for lottery vote within 2 weeks
House Speaker Jim Black said he wants lawmakers to vote on a state lottery in the next two weeks, and he virtually guaranteed Wednesday that the proposal would reach his chamber's floor.A state numbers game, a regular winner in the Senate that typically dies in the House, could fail in a House committee -- in theory. But Black, D-Mecklenburg, said the education lottery plan he and Gov. Mike Easley are pushing would be heard by a special committee.Black, a lottery supporter, will appoint the comm
Mar 24, 2005, 8:49 am - Lottery News

N.C. residents divided over lottery question
The speaker of the North Carolina House pledged this weekend to hold a vote on a bill that would create a state lottery to fund education. The issue last came up in the House in 2002, when the opposition defeated a lottery referendum bill by a 69-50 margin.An informal survey of local Charlotte residents revealed divided support for the issue. Lottery players say they would prefer to spend their money in state, while opponents say a lottery is potentially harmful for people who are financially s
Mar 14, 2005, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Gov. may get 2nd try with lottery
When North Carolina Governor Mike Easley leaves office, assessments of his tenure undoubtedly will touch on whether he brought North Carolina into the lottery fold.He wants a game. He says this a lot.Lawmakers from both major parties denied Easley's wish during his first term.Easley, who won re-election last fall, has another four years to get a lotto.But his window of opportunity could be much smaller since he cannot run for a third consecutive term and arguably right now is at the peak of his
Mar 14, 2005, 9:03 am - Lottery News

N.C. lawmakers push for quick vote on lottery
Leaders in the N.C. House hope to hold an up-or-down vote on a state lottery within the next several weeks and not put the issue to a vote of the people, House Speaker Jim Black said yesterday. I'm serious about going on and voting it. I want to get it over with, up or down, and move on, Black said.Though lottery supporters have argued for years that voters should decide on a lottery, opponents say that a referendum itself would be unconstitutional because North Carolina's constitution doesn't
Mar 10, 2005, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Third N.C. lottery bill proposed
Another state lottery bill is in the North Carolina General Assembly. The bill is the third lottery proposal made this year and would not require a vote of the people.The idea of a state lottery has already surfaced during this legislative session. One bill filed in the House would create a local-option lottery, where counties could vote individually to support or reject it.Another bill would set up a lottery referendum to allow voters across the state to share their views.The new bill calls on
Mar 7, 2005, 7:18 am - Lottery News

N.C. Gov. renews call for lottery
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley renewed his commitment to establishing a state lottery in his State of the State Address last night.Although Easley said that his proposed budget will not include money from a lottery, budget analysts say that a state lottery could raise at least $300 million a year.Easley recounted during his speech a man at a church who was against the lottery. He was selling me a raffle ticket at the time. Well, I'm for the education raffle, Easley said.In 2002 Easley f
Feb 22, 2005, 11:37 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery has a fighting chance this year
If a lottery is going to be approved in North Carolina, this just might be the year.At least the 2005 session of the General Assembly appears to offer the best chance ever, for it to happen, said state Rep. Billy Owens, D-Pasquotank, a perennial lottery supporter.But Owens also said the window for winning a lottery for North Carolina is starting to shut. He characterizes 2005-06 as the last chance, mainly because the political makeup of the General Assembly could shift, making it even more diffi
Feb 10, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

New bill attempts to create a lottery in N.C.
The legislative session is just two days old, but North Carolina lawmakers are already at odds over a state lottery.State Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, proposed a bill Wednesday that would allow individual counties to decide whether they want to participate in one.If 25 counties would pass the issue, then a state lottery would be established with 25 percent of the money going back to the counties that are selling lottery tickets, Owens said.Owens said counties would use 25 percent of that money
Jan 28, 2005, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Hopes for N.C. lottery still alive
Dire financials may push lawmakers to use lottery as a solutionThe $1.2 billion revenue shortfall legislators expected to greet them as the General Assembly opened Tuesday may be enough to bring the lottery to North Carolina, area legislators said.There are 21 new members in the state House who could change the chamber's perennial vote against the lottery, said Rep. Dewey Hill, D-Columbus. And some who were formerly opposed to it, like him, may have changed their minds. I don't like the lottery,
Jan 26, 2005, 12:42 pm - Lottery News

The NC lottery debate continues
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's support for an educational lottery is backed in varying degrees among local legislators from his own party and from Republicans who support a voter referendum on a lottery because they say it's favored by a majority of their constituents.Rep. Alice Graham Underhill, D-Craven, says even her constituents who are against a lottery want a referendum to be held to resolve the issue, which she says has been continually cropping up for years.Irrespective of a refer
Jan 18, 2005, 8:36 am - Lottery News