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New Era Of Energy Exploration Begins In N.C.

Becki Gray on oil exploration via fracking; Terry Stoops reacts to legislative comments about dropping Common Core; legislators discuss protecting the electric grid; John Staddon on pros & cons of British health care model; Roy Cordato on e-cigarette tax

John Staddon, Becki Gray, Terry Stoops, Dr. Roy Cordato
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N.C. Lawmakers Moving Ahead With Fracking

RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers are ready to capitalize on what some are calling the “natural gas boom.” A bill lifting the state’s moratorium on fracking — a method for releasing natural gas that environmentalists feel is controversial — passed the state Senate by a landslide recently and is making its way through the House.

Sara Burrows

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