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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Dan Kane, Staff Writer In his 29 years as a state lawmaker, Rep. Mickey Michaux has unabashedly earned a reputation as a maverick and firebrand. He rarely backs down from a fight, is quick to call out a colleague's wheeling and dealing, and makes no bones about his own machinations for the causes he believes in.Not exactly the guy you would think of for one of the most powerful but diplomatic...
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News & Observer (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Dan Kane, Staff Writer In his 29 years as a state lawmaker, Rep. Mickey Michaux has unabashedly earned a reputation as a maverick and firebrand. He rarely backs down from a fight, is quick to call out a colleague's wheeling and dealing, and makes no bones about his own machinations for the causes he believes in.Not exactly the guy you would think of for one of the most powerful but diplomatic...
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NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... 15,000 members.The legislation adopted this week has been through many renditions since Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat, introduced his proposal.State Attorney General Roy Cooper waited several days to comment on the new law. In a statement Friday, Cooper said the law provided police more tools to fight gangs. It will now be a felony to participate in gang activity, solicit...
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... 15,000 members.The legislation adopted this week has been through many renditions since Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat, introduced his proposal.State Attorney General Roy Cooper waited several days to comment on the new law. In a statement Friday, Cooper said the law provided police more tools to fight gangs. It will now be a felony to participate in gang activity, solicit...
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News & Observer (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... 15,000 members.The legislation adopted this week has been through many renditions since Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat, introduced his proposal.State Attorney General Roy Cooper waited several days to comment on the new law. In a statement Friday, Cooper said the law provided police more tools to fight gangs. It will now be a felony to participate in gang activity, solicit...
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NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Neumann then asked to have the vote taken again, which the rules allow when the request comes from someone on the prevailing side. But before the vote could be taken, Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat and a bill sponsor, urged his colleagues to support the legislation, reminding them that it only gives Durham residents the right to consider the tax. He then made a motion to kill...
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
... though, are approved one year at a time and the first year of the budget ended at midnight. Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat and a House budget writer, said the House and Senate were split over certain spending for capital improvements and education, including the budget for the state university system. "The problems are not that many," Michaux said, "but they are big...
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
... and call us back in, and we probably would do it," said Holliman, a Lexington Democrat.Rep. Mickey Michaux, the House's chief budget writer, was skeptical of the projected revenue downturn that Easley's budget office produced Thursday. He said if the House and Senate incorporate the projection into the budget and it doesn't materialize, that gives Easley some money for the teachers'...
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News & Observer (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
... and call us back in, and we probably would do it," said Holliman, a Lexington Democrat.Rep. Mickey Michaux, the House's chief budget writer, was skeptical of the projected revenue downturn that Easley's budget office produced Thursday. He said if the House and Senate incorporate the projection into the budget and it doesn't materialize, that gives Easley some money for the teachers'...
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NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
... and call us back in, and we probably would do it," said Holliman, a Lexington Democrat.Rep. Mickey Michaux, the House's chief budget writer, was skeptical of the projected revenue downturn that Easley's budget office produced Thursday. He said if the House and Senate incorporate the projection into the budget and it doesn't materialize, that gives Easley some money for the teachers'...
