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Obama: Get ready for record deficits

President-elect Obama on Tuesday braced Americans for the unparalleled prospect of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come,”.

Interest groups pony up for N.C. inaugural
By Dan Kane | E-mail | January 8, 2009
State government scandals in recent years have ended most of the trips, dinners and the trinkets lawmakers and other public officials received from those seeking state business. New laws prevent lobbyists and their clients from offering, and public officials from accepting, such gifts.
Perdue scouts local office
By Jim Morrill | E-mail | January 8, 2009
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If Charlotte and Mecklenburg County officials get their wish, they won't have to travel far to see the new governor.

Senate Dems appear to reverse course on Burris
By Ann Sanner | Associated Press | January 8, 2009

Changing course, Senate Democrats emerged from a meeting with Senate appointee Roland Burris on Wednesday and set forth the legal steps under which they're willing to welcome him into the Senate.

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