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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; North Carolina General Assembly</title>
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		<title>13 to watch in &#8217;13: REBIC and Raleigh&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Brawley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Padilla]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat McCrory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re either fer it, or you’re agin it, as they say in the mountains of western North Carolina, and that’s true of possible legislation that REBIC will either back or oppose this year on the other end of the state in Raleigh, where the state legislature is in session.]]></description>
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		<title>Code Commotion: Complaints delay new regulations for builders&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Bartl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zeke Acosta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2012 has come, but homebuilders in Mecklenburg County and elsewhere in the state are still living in 2011 – at least as far as building codes are concerned.]]></description>
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		<title>Bowles: UNC budget cuts will cost hundreds of jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erskine Bowles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAPEL HILL &#8212; The University of North Carolina system is bracing for budget cuts next year that could put hundreds of people out of work. Multiple media outlets report that UNC President Erskine Bowles told the system&#8217;s board of governors Thursday that state leaders want budget cuts of between 5 percent and 10 percent. Officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language in bullying policies stirs debate&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judy Kuczynski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libby Safrit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Creech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Family Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Preston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Bentley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sara Preston remembers the three-year battle before the North Carolina General Assembly passed the School Violence Prevention Act in June of 2009. The law requires the state&#8217;s public schools to adopt policies banning students from bullying and harassing their classmates for, among other things, their race, religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation. &#8220;Sexual orientation ended up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension plan pressures likely to force changes in N.C.</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/12/pension-plan-pressures-likely-to-force-changes-in-nc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mooneyham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janet Cowell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH &#8212; Last year, State Treasurer Janet Cowell warned state legislators that they could face a $1.2 billion bill in the coming year if they did not start forking over adequate state pension plan contributions. Of course, they didn&#8217;t much listen. And no one should expect that they&#8217;ll pay the bill this coming year. North [...]]]></description>
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