Perdue vetoes first bill

RALEIGH Perdue said Thursday the bill approved unanimously by the House and Senate last month unnecessarily adds new restrictions on public access to legislative information.

The decision means she must call legislators back to Raleigh within 10 days so they can consider whether to override the veto.

The governor had until midnight to clear her desk of five remaining bills left behind by the Legislature when it adjourned in August. She had already signed more than 100 bills into law.

North Carolina governors have vetoed 10 bills since the chief executive received the authority in 1997.

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