http://www.bevperdue.com/ http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=960 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue taught a group of elementary students Friday about the history of the American flag.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=941 Recognizing Bev Perdue’s personal and professional commitment to improving public schools, North Carolina’s teachers and educators today endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=957 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue will offer a health-care plan during her campaign for governor that would provide universal insurance for children, offer subsidized care for low-income parents and encourage small-business coverage.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=950 In advance of her formal declaration, the North Carolina Association of Educators has endorsed Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue for governor in 2008.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=944 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=16 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=17 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=953 Beverly Perdue remembers that when she first ran for the state House 20 years ago, detractors laughed and scoffed at the notion of a woman from rural eastern North Carolina being elected to such a high office.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=952 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue officially launched her long-expected bid for the governor's mansion Monday evening, aiming to take office as the state's first female chief executive and setting up a bruising and expensive primary fight.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=958 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced the $2 million Rural HOPE, or Hospital Project Enhancements, at a news conference at Mission Hospitals on Friday.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=966 Those at the Baptist Children’s Home of North Carolina’s Broyhill Home in Clyde got a treat last week. The 37 children living at the home got out of school early on Friday to welcome a special guest, Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=959 The survey by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling was done two days after Perdue's official gubernatorial campaign kickoff in New Bern. It shows the lieutenant governor with a lead of 39 percent to state Treasurer Richard Moore's 29 percent. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=963 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue says in 2008, she’s looking forward to a possible promotion.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=948 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=964 Kerr Drug extended a warm welcome this morning to Lt. Governor Bev Perdue, chair of the N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission (HWTFC) and one of the state's gubernatorial candidates. Perdue made a formal address officially launching ChecKmeds NC, a new medication therapy management program funded by the HWTFC.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=965 North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue came to Dunn yesterday to get acquainted with local citizens, as part of her gubernatorial campaign. If elected, she will be North Carolina's first female governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=967 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=969 Lieutenant governor tours CVCC, shares what she'd like to accomplish as governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=968 More than 70 percent of teachers of kindergarten through eighth grade in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have completed training to provide healthier, more active classroom environments. The North Carolina Board of Education requires 30 minutes of physical activity in the classroom setting each day.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=970 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=971 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue made a stop in Rocky Mount on Tuesday to tour the Gateway Technology Center.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=981 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=972 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=973 Lt. Governor Bev Perdue was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award Thursday by the North Carolina Technology Association.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=974 Southeastern Regional Medical Center's Community Health Services' childhood obesity program is succeeding in helping children achieve a healthy weight through small, dietary changes, according to researchers at East Carolina University.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=975 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, laid out her four-point blueprint for moving the state forward Tuesday.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=976 On the annual day that challenges smokers nationwide to quit, North Carolina is seeing its own successes as hundreds of 18- to 24-year-old smokers have taken steps to kick the habit.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=979 Beverly Perdue boasts a long list of scholarly accomplishments, including a doctorate aimed at helping seniors earn college degrees. But what the North Carolina lieutenant governor gleaned in the vaunted halls of academia perhaps pales when compared to what she has learned along her many campaign trails.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=980 The political arm of one of the state’s leading lobbying groups has endorsed Democrat Beverly Perdue for governor. The lieutenant governor picked up the endorsement from the political action committee of the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=977 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=4 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=985 UP: BEVERLY PERDUE. The lieutenant governor continues to rack up endorsements in her bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. Last week it was the N.C. trial lawyers.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=984 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue leads state Treasurer Richard Moore in the latest poll in the Democratic race for governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=987 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=989 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=8 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1008 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=9 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=7 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1009 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1010 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1007 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=2 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1000 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue headed the base-closing initiative. Among her ideas was the creation a year ago of the North Carolina Military Commission, a group funded by private industry to boost military business.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=997 On January 8, Bev Perdue took time out of her busy campaign schedule to volunteer at the Manna Food Bank in Asheville. Together with 20 Western North Carolina campaign volunteers, Bev helped pack brown paper bags full of food for hungry children in the Asheville area. See the WLOS report.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=990 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue spent time Tuesday helping some of the 115,000 people who go hungry in Western North Carolina — and helping her campaign to become the state’s next governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=991 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=992 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=14 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=993 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=994 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=15 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=996 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she would end the annual transfer of $170 million in highway funding to the state's general operating fund if she's elected governor. The money would be better spent bankrolling $1 billion in road bonds and other transportation projects, Perdue said while unveiling the plan to Charlotte-area business leaders interested in transportation. She also discussed proposals to expedite highway construction projects and get a handle on increasing costs of construction materials.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=998 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=999 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue was among the dignitaries Tuesday as Robeson Health Care Corporation was awarded a $326,699 grant to improve the health of minorities in Robeson County.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1001 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=18 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1005 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1017 The licensing of the Cliffside coal-fired power plant in Rutherford County must represent the end of an era for North Carolina.  We should not license another coal-fired power plant to operate in our state.  But that is not enough.  The Cliffside controversy should serve a larger purpose for those of us concerned about our environment, our economy and our energy future.  As Governor, I intend to use the Cliffside experience as a fulcrum on which to move North Carolina energy policy in a new direction.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1018 In releasing her ambitious and comprehensive energy plan, Bev Perdue calls the licensing of the Cliffside coal-fired power plant in Rutherford County the end of an era in North Carolina.  "We should not license another coal-fired power plant to operate in our state again," said Bev Perdue, Democratic candidate for Governor.  "There may come a day when carbon capture and sequestration technology make greenhouse gases from coal-fired plants a thing of the past - but that day is not today."]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1020 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue called for a halt to any future coal-fired power plants as part of an energy plan she released Friday, though there may be no new plants to block. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1021 Lt. Gov. Beverly Purdue wants to implement a statewide plan that aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1019 The Communications Workers of America today announced its endorsement of Bev Perdue for Governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1022 The North Carolina State Troopers Association today endorsed Bev Perdue for governor.  The association includes more than 1000 law enforcement officers; its membership used to report to Richard Moore during his time as Secretary of Crime Control.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1023 The North Carolina Sheriff Police Alliance, representing law enforcement officers throughout North Carolina, today endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1025 The candidate for governor took her campaigning to the streets of downtown Whiteville, where she discussed her plans to increase funding to the state’s Main Street Solutions Program with local business leaders and residents.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1024 Guilford County's health program gets $55,000 to find people free or reduced-price drugs, bringing its total to more than $600,000.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1031 Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue presented the grant funds the clinic plans to use to educate patients about their diabetes on Tuesday afternoon. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1026 "It's a big day, y'all," Perdue said at a table at the State Board of Elections office, where she filed her paperwork and paid the fee to place her name on the Democratic primary ballot.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1029 Eleven past presidents of the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) have endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1033 I imagine the Moore campaign feels it made a good point with motorists who are forever stuck in traffic in urban areas – but that ad may have lost Moore votes from folks who remember the bad old days when it could take an hour or more to crawl through New Bern on the way to hunting, fishing or sailing somewhere Down East.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1047 With her time split between Raleigh and her home in New Bern, North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue said she knows about eastern North Carolina and the struggles it's facing in terms of economic development, education and infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1034 The National Association of Police Organizations, representing more than 2,000 police associations and 238,000 sworn law enforcement officers nationwide, has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1036 As the chief generator of new jobs and business innovation, small businesses are vital to the overall health of North Carolina’s economy.   As North Carolina’s next Governor, Bev will make sure that targeted pro-small business policies are a centerpiece of our state’s economic development strategy.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1037 As the chief generator of new jobs and business innovation, small businesses are vital to the overall health of North Carolina’s economy.   As North Carolina’s next Governor, Bev will make sure that targeted pro-small business policies are a centerpiece of our state’s economic development strategy.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1038 As North Carolina’s next Governor, Bev Perdue will be committed to putting the ugly historical chapter of forced sterilization in our state behind us by bringing justice to those families who were so tragically victimized by it.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1039 Bev Perdue today announced her plan to create the Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation as one of her first acts as Governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1046 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to create a foundation to give money and other benefits to people sterilized as part of a state-sponsored program in the mid-20th century.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1040 The Endowment for Positive Gubernatorial Campaigns will eliminate special interest financing of gubernatorial campaigns.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1043 Bev Perdue today announced a campaign finance reform plan creating the Endowment for Positive Gubernatorial Campaigns to eliminate special interest financing of gubernatorial campaigns. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1045 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue said Tuesday she wants to create a $50 million endowment to give money to gubernatorial candidates who agree to fundraising restrictions and promise to run positive campaigns.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1044 The North Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NCANA) today announced their endorsement of Bev Perdue for governor of North Carolina.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1048 “Bev Perdue’s the 1-4-ME.”  That’s what the kids are saying in Bev’s latest TV ad debuting today. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1052 Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue today announced a plan for property tax relief for seniors...]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1050 Bev Perdue today announced a plan to provide significant tax relief for seniors by expanding North Carolina's homestead exemption, freezing property tax evaluations, plus establishing a family caregiver tax credit.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1049 A plan to provide significant tax relief for seniors by expanding North Carolina's homestead exemption, freezing property tax evaluations, and establishing a family caregiver tax credit.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1053 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue was among friends Friday at the Crown Expo Center.  Between rousing cheers as she entered and hugs from camera-toting admirers as she left, the gubernatorial candidate formally accepted the endorsement of the N,C. Association of Educators.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1054 Nationwide legislation intended to redistribute military resources will bring tens of thousands of newcomers to North Carolina. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1055 Lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue was in Dunn Friday to announce her plan to offer tax relief to the state's 1 million senior citizens.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1056 A notable exception was Richard Moore, a Democratic candidate for governor. He said that unless the government's failure to obey the law was "egregious," the winners should pay their own lawyers.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1057 The North Carolina National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committee has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1059 The two Democratic gubernatorial candidates met online for a debate Monday.  Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore answered questions from readers of the three-year-old liberal Web site BlueNC.com for an hour.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1060 Schools must offer children hope and confidence, Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue said on Tuesday during a stop at Williford Elementary School in Rocky Mount.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1069 First of all, I was quite impressed with the fact that the Lt. Gov. would agree to such a small gathering on such a short notice: but she did.  She was very gracious, cordial and entertaining. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1062 Local residents got to hear about major issues the upcoming session may address - including water, transportation and mental health - from Lt Gov. Beverly Perdue during a Forum Onslow on Friday.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1071 It is the government's role to provide working-class residents in Eastern North Carolina with opportunities to succeed, Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue said during a Telegram interview this week.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1063 “Generations” highlights Bev’s work in the State Senate and as Lt. Governor to protect our kids from sexual predators. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1065 The North Carolina Teamsters, representing 14,000 workers across North Carolina, today announced its endorsement of Bev Perdue for Governor.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1064 "Bev Perdue has long been a leader on voting rights and education.  We are proud to endorse her for Governor," said Eugene Weeks, Chairman of the Wake County Voter Education Coalition.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1067 The Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association M-PAC endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor by a 2-1 margin.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1066 Wherever I go, people ask me, “can’t we stop the negative campaign?”  The simple answer is “YES.”]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1068 The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association today announced it has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.  The organization represents over 3700 full time and retired law enforcement officers around the state.  ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1072 Perdue said yesterday that she has pulled all of her negative television ads off the air because she is fed up with the bitter tone of her race against Richard Moore.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1073 The bruising Democratic primary for governor could be less contentious during its final month as one of the leading combatants pledges to stop airing negative ads.

]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1074 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue has dropped all negative ads and said that she will stay positive in her bid to become North Carolina's next governor. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1075 However, what struck me most of all about the Lt. Gov. was her candidness and honesty in responding to a tough and sensitive question from one of the attendees. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1076 First, Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, who's running a raging gun battle with State Treasurer Richard Moore for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, pulled all her negative TV ads. In even acknowledging that she was running negative ads -- she used the words -- she took a huge step for a major-league state politician. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1070 We need to get serious about the goal of quality health care for all North Carolinians – and that must include mental health care.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1077 Candidates for state and congressional offices took center stage during the Alamance County Democratic convention, but the partisan gathering had plenty of local color.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1078 North Carolina's families want to know what I will do as Governor to make North Carolina a better place to live, and I look forward to discussing that in a debate tomorrow night at WRAL.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1079 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1080 Today, former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt endorsed Bev Perdue to be the next Governor of North Carolina.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1081 http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1082 Rep. Alma Adams is Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1083 The American Federation of Teachers of North Carolina (AFT-NC) has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.  The organization is an affiliate of the National Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1084 Overall we admire Bev Perdue's commitment to progressive programs, to improving public schools and expanding health care opportunities, and her willingness to pursue bold approaches to the state's problems. We think Bev Perdue would be the Democrat's best candidate in the Nov. 4 general election.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1085 The North Carolina State Council of the International Association of Machinists today announced it has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.  The organization represents over 12,000 members from the mountains to the coast.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1090 Former Gov. Jim Hunt said Monday that some negative television advertisements for Democratic gubernatorial candidates "crossed the line," and he urged candidates to focus on positive messages in the final week before the state's primary.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1089 She came. She saw. She conquered with a smile. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, one of three Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor, visited with elderly and disabled residents of Arbor Ridge on Sunday afternoon. ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1088 Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue begins her last week of campaigning with a series of rallies across the state and a 14-point lead over her main opponent in a poll reported Monday.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1087 The Raleigh Police Protective Association announced today that it has endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.  The organization belongs to Teamsters Local 391 and represents 470 police officers in Raleigh.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1086 Former Governor Jim Hunt told WRAL-TV today that Richard Moore’s negative attacks against Bev Perdue that reference the Ku Klux Klan “crossed the line.”  ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1093 The Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina today endorsed Bev Perdue for Governor.  The organization includes over 100,000 registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists, and in-home aides and other employees and provided services to over 400,000 North Carolinians last year.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1091 "Beverly is not a stranger to Eastern North Carolina or our community," said Reuben Blackwell, president and chief executive officer of OIC. "She has made an effort for ensuring uninsured children have an opportunity to insurance."]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1092 The lieutenant governor made campaign stops, accompanied by her son, Emmett, at the Coats Senior Citizens Center, Andy's in Lillington and the Harnett County Courthouse.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1096 Richard Moore broke the stalemate last week. Left me no doubt. Not a hint of a misgiving. I went down to the Board of Elections Tuesday afternoon and voted for Bev Perdue.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1095 The ghosts of past Jesse Helms campaigns haunted both parties in their gubernatorial races in the last two weeks, and it was a sad and shameful thing to see.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1094 Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue thanked long-time friends in a campaign stop in Greenville on Saturday afternoon.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1097 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bev Perdue made an airplane stop in New Bern on Monday, thanking and hugging supporters. Many of them have known her more than 30 years.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1098 Less than one week into the general election campaign, Pat McCrory has already launched an untrue attack against Bev Perdue, with an inaccurate claim about Perdue’s position regarding allowing illegal immigrants to enter community college.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1100 Lt. Governor Bev Perdue couldn't resist a joke at the grand opening of the new RalphLauren.com facility on Pendleton Street.   "We should all have dressed better," she told the crowd of state and local politicians, business leaders and company executives who gathered for the ribbon cutting Friday afternoon.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1099 Bev Perdue today announced that she has committed to five gubernatorial debates for the general election, starting with the June 21 event hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association. The five-debate series would surpass the number of debates in recent gubernatorial and presidential campaigns.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1101 "As governor, I will not be distracted by experiments like vouchers and private school tuition," Perdue told several hundred attorneys at the N.C. Bar Association convention in the first debate of the governor's race. "Vouchers take money away from the public schools. I am not going to take my eye off the prize and allow vouchers to break the back of public schools."]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1102 Thirteen companies have won inaugural grants of up to $100,000 from the North Carolina Green Business Fund.]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1103 In a speech in Asheville Bev Perdue today challenged Pat McCrory’s education positions that could create a $1.2 billion hole annually in North Carolina’s education budget.  ]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1104 Pat McCrory’s goal of repealing the Education Lottery – and eliminating the $350 million dollars a year it contributes to North Carolina’s education budget – is dangerous enough.  But today, McCrory tried to hide his real position while speaking to more than 500 educators in Asheville:]]> http://www.bevperdue.com/release_details.asp?id=1105 Perdue also calls for movement toward the broadcast of state government meetings, as she says a dozen other states are doing. She says "revolving door" statutes should be strengthened to head off improper dealings between state officials and private businesses for whom the officials could go to work. And she says legislators need to be kept from hitting up lobbyists for contributions to charities.]]>