Keeping Up With Jones Street

Bumpy Road
Jones Street is like a gravel road right now – BUMPY! Just a month ago, in a rare move, the General Assembly called itself into session for one day to enact House Bill 2 which is now referred to as the “Bathroom Bill”. The new law has generated overwhelming...

Angel and Laura worried all week about what we could tell you about in our weekly update, but then yesterday happened.  Lo and behold this week has written itself. Silly us!
New Senate Budget Strategy: truce, sort of.
In a conversation with Sen. Apodaca early Wednesday, we learned he had a plan to kick-start the stalled budget negotiations and start to wrap this session up. Sure enough, later that morning the Senate took the first step at ending the budget standoff...

In Limbo
You may recall that the General Assembly did not enact a new budget in time for the fiscal year that began July 1st. Instead, a continuing resolution was passed that keeps spending static until its expiration of August 14th. When August 14th gets here...

Premature Fireworks on Jones Street
We know it’s only July 2nd, but thanks to the fight over Greensboro City Council Redistricting we have fireworks! On the eve of the Legislative Summer Recess a carefully crafted conference committee report was rejected by the House with some of those...