The legislature is in session and a bill to make the Moravian cookie the official state cookie was introduced this week. According to my admittedly casual research, only a few states have official cookies. The first was New Mexico, which adopted the biscochito/bizcochito as the state cookie in 1989. Judging from this recipe, it seems to be sort of a cinnamon sugar concoction made with brandy. Read on for even more impactful news. eCourts pilot rollout: like passing a kidney stone. In other words, painful in the short run but necessary in the long run, at least according to one court official quoted in this WRAL story on the rollout. The new system went live this week in four pilot counties. Hiccups? Yes. Learning curve? Yes. Disaster? Doesn’t sound like it. Chief Justice Newby asked court officials to pray for success, and perhaps any prayers offered may have been answered as the rollout seems to have gone as well as could reasonably be expected. Mecklenburg County is scheduled to be next, in May. Civilian crash investigators. A handful of cities in the state have authorization from the General Assembly to use civilian crash investigators to respond to minor collisions in lieu of a law enforcement officer. This week, a bill was introduced to expand Wilmington’s program by allowing civilian crash investigators to issue citations for infractions, and to allow Asheville to use civilian investigators for the first time. Two different bills would expand the authority to all cities, one with and [...]
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