Cover • Tax fraud season has arrived • Tax preparer says Mexicans recruited in tax fraud scheme • Voucher advocates say they’ll continue fight North Carolina • Analysts: Most N.C. races noncompetitive in ’14, Page 2 • Coastal wind farm project alive despite loss at local level,…
Cover • Renewable energy price tag: $100 million • Is there something in the water in Indian Trail? North Carolina • Duke Energy: Poor subsidizing rich’s solar panels, Page 2 • Catawba Nation’s bid for off-reservation has precedent, Page 3 • Governor outlines goals for second year…
Cover • National average goal unique to education pay • Stolen identity refund fraud continues in N.C. North Carolina • Both sides of O’Care debate court millennials, Page 2 • April trial date set for 13-year-old suit against attorney general, Page 3 • Murky legal language could…
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…
