A new court filing at North Carolina’s second-highest court challenges the state attorney general’s ability to control money from a state settlement with Smithfield Foods. Critics have labeled the arrangement a “slush fund.”
A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in a dispute involving $12 million Smithfield Foods has paid to the state since July 2019. The judge determined that the money must be used to support North Carolina's public schools.
The 1,400-acre Greensboro-Randolph Megasite appears to be several years away from being a suitable location for the automotive plant or other large manufacturing facility it was designed to attract, based on conversations with government, business, and community officials and a review of public documents and financial statements. Moreover, Carolina Journal has learned that Duke Energy...
