• "Work aggressively on the HKonJ agenda," the governor said. HKonJ is Historic Thousands on Jones Street. Jones Street is in Raleigh, the site of the Legislative Building. According to the NAACP Web site, the HKonJ coalition is united in support of a 14-point people's agenda for better schools and health care, equal justice, affordable housing, worker fairness, voting rights, environmental justice and more. For more, go to www.hkonj.com.
• "We've had to make tough decisions," Perdue said about the state budget. But education was not neglected, and until the time health-care legislation emerges from Congress, the state has set aside more money to cover children. Perdue said the state has secured a federal grant to help more low-income families with health care.
• Perdue said the state must reach out to under-utilized companies and resources in advertising state contracts. She praised the Business and Workforce development Office within the Department of Transportation that provides outreach, marketing, training and financial assistance to disadvantaged businesses, a program outlined in more detail in an earlier address by Gene Conti, N.C. transportation secretary. Perdue's administration is in contact with minority businesses when state contract applications are open, she said. The state wants to give all businesses the opportunity to apply for state contracts, she said.
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