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,…
Cover • New era dawns in N.C. politics • N.C. Revenue assessment notices resemble tax bills • Competing tax plans seek to spur growth North Carolina • State Bar solicits lawyer help to pay for new HQ, Page 2 • General Assembly to take another pass at…
Cover • Mountain man vs. government • Voting drives in state hospitals will continue • Lawmakers wrangle over training for bail bondsmen North Carolina • Critics: Obamacare Medicaid savings illusory, Page 2 • N.C. unemployment tax fix would retire federal debt earlier, Page 3 • 138…
Cover • Group home staff helped patients vote • GOP sweeps Executive Mansion, legislature North Carolina • McCrory mum on Obamacare state exchanges, Page 2 • N.C. voters embrace status quo in Council of State races, Page 3 • Medicaid issues face McCrory administration, Page 4…
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…
