Cover • AG uses personal insurance for legal bills • Local entities confront Obamacare mandates North Carolina • Butterfield staff eschews switch to Obamacare, Page 2 • Lawmakers consider legislation REINing in bureaucrat regulators, Page 3 • Analysts: Local issues dominated Nov. elections, Page 4 • State…
Cover • Cooper libel suit moves to trial • Belk’s law license suspended for three years • State’s health plan easing risks to taxpayers North Carolina • More Obamacare legal challenges move forward, Page 2 • N.C. Chamber private exchange could expand health care options, Page 3…
Cover • AG’s ‘consumer win’ just pennies on dollar • Private exchanges could help save businesses North Carolina • Obamacare could hike premiums 80 percent, Page 2 • State’s community health centers hope to survive Obamacare, Page 3 • Lack of Obamacare competition worries experts, Page 4…
Cover • New election law concerns ‘without merit’ • State Bar panel could take Belk’s law license North Carolina • Digital medical records raise privacy concerns, Page 2 • JLF: NCGA session featured conservative, free-market reforms, Page 3 • Bill is legislative backup for attorney general, Page…
Cover • North Carolina gets sweeping tax reform • Embattled Rural Center defunded in budget North Carolina • Voter ID bill includes major election reforms, Page 2 • JLF: Budget addresses essential tax and education reforms, Page 3 • Critics: Jobless benefits don’t boost economy, Page 4…
Cover • Feds unable or unwilling to stop illegal checks • Changes concern transparency advocates North Carolina • McCrory: Commerce revamp good for business, Page 2 • State’s new Medicaid computer system may face bumpy launch, Page 3 • Officials mum on joining Obamacare lawsuits, Page 4…
Cover • IRS: Women filed $1.4 million in false returns • Hager: Speaker vacuum affecting legislation North Carolina • Telemedicine touted as efficient delivery method, Page 2 • House, Senate Republicans launch competing tax reform plans, Page 3 • Hospital streamlining bill to get study panel, Page…
Cover • Stolen-identity tax refund fraud widespread • Victims surprised to learn they were SIRF targets • Three convicted in Perdue campaign probe North Carolina • Indy brewer wants out of wholesale controls, Page 2 • Senate proposes to regulate construction of transmission lines, Page 3…
Cover • Durham retiree unearths tax-fraud scheme • Dream Teamers looking to work with GOP? North Carolina • Renewable energy job-gain claims questioned, Page 2 • Legislators to deal with dueling Taxpayer Bill of Rights measures, Page 3 • Fracking bill would allow permits by 2015, Page 4…
Cover • N.C. rejects exchange, Medicaid expansion • State’s ‘unjust land grab’ attempt continues North Carolina • Renewable energy mandates may face changes, Page 2 • McCrory signs bill designed to help pay state’s UI debt to feds, Page 3 • Soles choice reveals state award shortcomings,…
