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In North Carolina, the Charlotte Observer has an AP report, "Lowered expectations for NC legislative session this week."When lawmakers return to work this week at the General Assembly, it'll be for a short session with lowered expectations. After three consecutive years of passing landmark legislation - the state lottery in 2005, new ethics rules in 2006, and an overhaul of Medicaid spending in 2007 - nothing that weighty is on the horizon. And with a small revenue surplus easing pressure to tinker with the budget, lawmakers are more likely to wrap up the "short session" in short order so they can get back home and start their general election campaigns.And:Democratic leaders also want to find some money to untangle North Carolina's mental health reform efforts, which have been mired in cost overruns and uneven services...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).