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First scans - NC public records digitization project
I posted this past weekend about the big joint ECU/UNC/State/Legislative libraries project to digitize and publish 750,000+ pages of NC historical records. I’ve learned from the North Carolina L… more →
Drafting Musings
first scans - NC public records digitization project
gercohen wrote 3 months ago: I posted this past weekend about the big joint ECU/UNC/State/Legislative libraries project to digiti … more →
Do counties have charters? (no and yes)
gercohen wrote 3 months ago: After I posted earlier this week about city charters I got an inquiry about whether counties have c … more →
Eight days a week
gercohen wrote 6 months ago: While only the Beatles could have eight days a week, and with a Friday and Saturday North Carolina H … more →
Finding Dan Blue's votes
gercohen wrote 6 months ago: I’m continuing to get inquiries about Dan Blue’s service in both the House and Senate du … more →
Hartsell signs a bill
gercohen wrote 6 months ago: Hartsell signs bill When Senator Fletcher Hartsell signed Senate Bill 750 on May 28, 2009, he became … more →
Former Speakers in the Senate; mid-session moves from H to S
gercohen wrote 7 months ago: I’ve gotten a number of inquiries about whether any former North Carolina House Speakers have … more →
We cut paper use by 36.8%
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gercohen wrote 10 months ago: I had reported last month that we had made formatting changes in North Carolina legislative document … more →
N&O feature on Penny Williams 50th anniversary of hiring on NCGA staff
gercohen wrote 10 months ago: Penny Williams, Legislative Assistant to Senator David Hoyle, is featured in a great article in toda … more →
Receding and depressing bill filing historical stats
gercohen wrote 10 months ago: Interestingly, the number of bills filed in North Carolina has dropped during bad economic times. Du … more →
NC Bill filing deadlines in 2009
gercohen wrote 10 months ago: I’m getting a lot of inquiries about the bill filing deadlines for the North Carolina General … more →
new email addresses over at the NCGA, but don't worry
gercohen wrote 11 months ago: Our primary email addresses at the NC General Assembly have changed again, though the old ones will … more →
Formatting changes mean shorter NC bills, less paper
gercohen wrote 11 months ago: Effective for the 2009 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly, we are making formatt … more →
149th NC General Assembly convenes January 28, 2009
gercohen wrote 11 months ago: The General Assembly of North Carolina will convene at 12:00 noon January 28, 2009 in the State Legi … more →
Franklin Freeman's legislative service (and some of our folk)
gercohen wrote 11 months ago: the Charlotte Observer’s Mark Johnson had an excellent piece yesterday on Franklin Freeman, mo … more →
12:00 noon on the third Wednesday after the second Monday in January next
gercohen wrote 1 year ago: The North Carolina General Assembly will convene its 2009 Regular Session January 28, 2009, which i … more →
The Buffalo Nose and other tall tales
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gercohen wrote 1 year ago: Did you know that the nickname of the Press Room at the old State Capitol back when the General Asse … more →
My 32nd year at the NC General Assembly starts today
gercohen wrote 1 year ago: I started at the North Carolina General Assembly November 14, 1977, so that makes today the first da … more →
North Carolina's first election law - 1715
gercohen wrote 1 year ago: The first modern General Assembly in 1715 began legislating for the colony and by Chapter 10 of that … more →
The earliest NC laws:1669, and first law of the Assembly of 1715
gercohen wrote 1 year ago: I posted today about my find online at Googlebooks of two very early bodies of North Carolina law: 1 … more →
