? While Pat McCrory’s campaign seeks to avoid the pitfalls that plagued Richard Vinroot’s, Beverly Perdue achieves a 2-to-1 cash advantage and joins McCrory in opposing any moves to speed the closing of Dorothea Dix hospital.
? Elizabeth Dole and other GOP senators are spotlighting the unwillingness of Senate leaders to schedule confirmation votes on key judicial nominations. Kay Hagan calls attention to another issue, fuel prices, by appearing at a gas station in Greensboro.
? The Democratic candidate for state treasurer, Sen. Janet Cowell, endorses a bill this year that would transfer power over pay of investment officials from the legislature to the treasurer’s office.
? Sen. Walter Dalton, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, is moving a bill that would keep localities from restricting the sale of newspaper along highways.
