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Hatteras damage

Writing about this on my almanac blog. Here’s a slideshow of the damage I saw on Hatteras Island and the various food banks and relief [...]
September 12, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Dispatches | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Going somewhere

Testing out mobile uploads.
September 10, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Cost containment

In order for healthcare cost containment to work, you have to actually contain the cost. New report from the State Auditor’s office shows how the [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in: Administration, Dispatches, Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Appeals court rules HCR mandate unconstitutional

Reuters reporting that an appeals court has ruled that the individual mandate in HCR bill is unconstitutional. Link
August 12, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches, Misc | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Triple A government

Default, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. That said, there’s word the deal is about done.
July 31, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

WRAL live coverage of Senate abortion law debate

The NC Senate takes up several issues in what could be the last day of the special session, including H854, which imposes a 24 hour [...]
July 28, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

AlterNet names NCGA ninth craziest legislature

Ordinarily, I’m not big on the Top Ten Lists (I mean really, what else do Money and Forbes do these days?), but this mildly amusing [...]
July 23, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches, General Assembly, Media | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Auditor report shows excessive OT at State Fair

State Auditor Beth Wood released an investigative audit of overtime at the State Fair, which is managed by the Department of Agriculture. The report cites [...]
July 21, 2011 | Posted in: Administration, Dispatches | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink