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Lawmakers Question State Job-Listing Site

RALEIGH — A new Commerce Department program designed to consolidate information collected by the state on job openings and career development is expected to reduce taxpayer spending by roughly $800,000 a year compared with outlays on existing programs. NCWorks Online is a Web-based program providing the public information about job openings, labor market data, and training resources.

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Three More Perdue Donors Convicted In Campaign Probe

RALEIGH — Three associates of former Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue — New Bern attorney Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs, Morganton businessman Charles Michael Fulenwider, and former Western Piedmont Community College board member Robert Lee Caldwell — were convicted Wednesday of misdemeanor charges for obstruction of justice in an investigation of fundraising violations during Perdue’s 2008 campaign for governor.

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Grand Jury Wants Perdue Donor Investigated

RALEIGH — A Wake County grand jury Monday suggested one of Democratic former Gov. Bev Perdue’s donors obstructed justice by violating campaign finance laws. In a presentment, the grand jury asked Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby to investigate Charles Michael Fulenwider of Morganton, who has been named in other campaign irregularities involving Perdue’s re-election efforts.

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UPDATED: Bill Freezing Renewable Mandate Squeaks Through First Vote

RALEIGH — After two hours of discussion and comment earlier this afternoon, House Bill 298, a measure freezing the state’s renewable energy portfolio standard, squeaked through a House Commerce subcommittee 11-10. Republicans Tom Murray of Wake County and Ruth Samuelson of Mecklenburg County joining eight Democrats opposing the bill.

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