Cover • Mental hospital voter sign-up questioned • AG Holder’s brother apparently employs illegals North Carolina • N.C. dietetics board to ramp up enforcement, Page 2 • Coastal homeowners face 30 percent increase under plan, Page 3 • Critics: Consultants can skew health spending, Page 4…
Cover • New Medicaid model could save billions • Supreme Court race will have lasting effects North Carolina • Second Perdue associate pleads guilty in probe, Page 2 • Tea Party fave vs. state employee champion in Lt. Gov’s race, Page 3 • It’s Berry vs. Brooks…
Cover • Coastal wind projects come under fire • Wilmington ballpark could become home of the Braves North Carolina • State wrestles with Medicaid costs, solutions, Page 2 • JLF expert urges lawmakers to repeal state’s Amazon tax, Page 3 • Lawmakers ease regulations on food trucks,…
Cover • State boondoggles soak taxpayers: Lacking support, costly port project sinks • State boondoggles soak taxpayers: Failed theater could become Internet café • NCGA adjourns leaving disabled in lurch North Carolina • Study: Film incentives help connected groups, Page 2 • Republicans graded on promises made…
Cover • Anti-ALEC campaign ignores NCSL similarities • Lawmakers conclude 2012 short session North Carolina • Agenda 2012 offers road map for sound policy, Page 2 • Trials delayed for Gov. Perdue’s associates, Page 4 • N.C. Briefs, Page 4 • Report: N.C. lawmakers, federal bureaucrats…
Cover • Perdue team headed to court • ‘Sustainability’ plan involved payments to SAS • EPA special agents interrogate Asheville man about email North Carolina • Government tries to bolster biofuels market, Page 2 • Heritage report chides N.C. delegation for abandoning free trade, Page 3…
Cover • Official tried to divert funds to own nonprofit • State may try to shut down nutrition blogger North Carolina • Complex raises corporate welfare concerns, Page 2 • GOP lawmaker targets cities that sued over annexation reforms, Page 3 • N.C.-S.C. ‘border war’ called overblown, Page…
Cover • Perdue flight provider seeks GOP senate nod • ‘Nugget’ lunch episode spurs debate on nutrition North Carolina • Teacher brought to tears during questioning, Page 2 • Analysts see no path for Democrats to retake legislature, Page 3 • State, fed green jobs counts differ…
Cover • DHHS defends lunch inspections • ‘Green’ jobs estimates cost taxpayers millions • Obama mandate on contraception would supersede North Carolina law North Carolina • Opponents battle over sea-level projections, Page 2 • Do Democrats have reason to smile about GOP district maps?, Page 3…
Cover • Easley puts fines at back of payback line • Texas redistricting case could bolster N.C. GOP North Carolina • Critics: Game fish bill endangers fishing industry, Page 2 • Perdue regularly violated BLS agreement, documents show, Page 3 • Iredell board rejects Charlotte’s rail line,…
