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Carolina Mercury- HB 730 passes final House vote May 16, 2013HB 730, a bill limiting insurance coverage for abortion services in North Carolina, passed the House Thursday morning. “This is an unprecedented attack on a woman’s fundamental right to make deeply personal decisions about her health,” said Rep. Adams, debating the bill. Adams argued that […]
- Duke shuts down Shearon Harris May 16, 2013WTVD reporting that Duke Energy has shut down its Shearon Harris nuclear plant in New Hill near the Wake-Chatham border. Duke Energy Progress has shut down the Shearon Harris nuclear plant near Jordan Lake in southern Wake County after an inspection revealed early signs of […]
- Senate to release budget Sunday May 16, 2013Just announced this morning: Sen. Peter Brunstetter, co-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced this morning that Senate’s proposed state budget is likely to be released on Sunday with a review for legislators scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday and hearings by the Appropriations Committee on […]
- HB 730 passes final House vote May 16, 2013
Category Archives: Governor
Um, no indeed
Now why would the state’s Secretary of DHHS blame this on the Insurance Commissioner? Because it is unpopular? Because he’s a Democrat? Because his title has the word insurance in it? From this morning’s Under the Dome via a story … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Governor, Health Care
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The NC trend is less Democrats, more reliable Democratic voters
Registration numbers have been a focus of late, especially in the battleground states. I can’t speak for how the numbers work in other states, but I do know that if you think that lower numbers of Democrats in North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Elections, Campaigns, Columns, Current Events, Elections, Governor, Politics, Polls
Tagged Barack Obama, Mitt Romey, Pat McCrory, PPP, Walter Dalton
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The land grabs behind fracking
Reuters has been killing it lately in its investigation of fracking finances, specifically the various deals done by Chesapeake, a major player in the fracking industry, and the company’s high flying CEO Aubrey McClendon. Special Report: Chesapeake and rival plotted … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, DENR, Energy, Environment, General Assembly, Governor
Tagged fracking
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Perdue-Faison primary looking more likely
WRAL’s Laura Leslie has the breakdown of what is shaping up as a likely run for Governor by Rep. Bill Faison, who just held a press conference announcing, among other things, that he’s loaned himself a cool 500K. Faison has … Continue reading
Indicted
Another governor’s office, another indictment. Via the N&O: Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby has said that Perdue, a former lieutenant governor and state lawmaker, is not a target of the probe, but today’s indictment reached into the campaign’s inner … Continue reading
Governor’s budget
Here’s the link to the lovely budget page of Bev Perdue. Happy reading. Story here.
Perdue fading
McCrory up in latest polling for the first time as Bev Perdue’s campaign veers. To me, Perdue, her peeps and maybe the party have not taken McCrory seriously enough, relying on an airwave campaign and not clearly articulating where she … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Elections, Governor
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TWC: Where the rubber meets the road
From this week’s column, some thoughts about incentivising folks The General Assembly is contemplating a return engagement in Raleigh next week with the intent of taking up Gov. Mike Easley’s veto of an incentives bill for the Goodyear Tire & … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Economy, Governor, Legislation, NCSenate
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