Dispatches from the trail, June 24, 2015

• She’s out? Roll Call reports that former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will not challenge GOP incumbent Richard Burr next year. The D.C.-based publication cites sources saying that Hagan has told donors she will not run. A new name in the speculation hopper: Former U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of Asheville, who chose not to seek re-election in 2012. Shuler most recently was seen in commercials for Dish Network.

• The clock is ticking on Gov. Pat McCrory’s efforts to get $3 billion in infrastructure bonds on the November ballot. The General Assembly has not agreed to place the bonds before voters, and McCrory said the State Board of Elections hoped for that approval by June 30 to prepare for a statewide referendum in an off-year election. That’s unlikely to happen, as Senate leaders say the projects can be paid out of current revenues and new borrowing isn’t needed. Meantime, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, supports the bonds but has said 2016 would be a better year for voters to decide their fate.

• Former Gov. Jim Hunt’s cover has been blown. A private meeting Hunt has scheduled for Wednesday night to develop an “alternative vision and policy roadmap” for the state was reported Tuesday in Under the Dome. The meeting is being sponsored by Think NC First, a “think tank” run by Democratic Party operatives including Justin Guillory, who worked for the left-wing outfit Progress NC, a frequent and vocal critic of McCrory and the GOP-led General Assembly. Hunt told Dome that no political fundraising would take place at the meeting, but it’s unclear who has been invited to participate.

• Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, has been booted from a House committee post after voting against on fast-track trade legislation backed by House Speaker John Boehner. Meadows is no longer chairman of a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee, joining three other Republicans who lost leadership posts for bucking Boehner last week. “No one should be punished for voting their conscience and representing their constituents,” said Meadows in a statement released Monday. “I didn’t run for Congress to be a yes vote for House Republican leadership.”