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Last Updated on Monday, 18 April 2011 03:04 Written by rslcpol Monday, 18 April 2011 03:03
From newsobserver.com:
But the increase didn’t alter the agency’s overall estimate, mostly because livestock producers are expected to scale back their corn purchases.
The email announcing the governor’s veto was sent out after midnight. Perdue’s staff had announced Saturday morning that she would veto the bill, but the veto was delayed by the day’s severe weather and deadly tornadoes.
In her veto message to the legislature, Perdue, a Democrat, wrote: “House Bill 383 irresponsibly took the financial lifelines for 37,000 North Carolina citizens and families and hitched them to a budget ploy that will wreck the lives of millions more.