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DOT board member owes Wilmington $377K in back taxes

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Matt Burns

An Internet sweepstakes business operated by a member of the state Board of Transportation owes Wilmington nearly $400,000 in unpaid taxes on the machines. The StarNews of Wilmington reports (http://bit.ly/GSgwM3) it's unclear if Gov. Beverly Perdue knew about the debt when she appointed Brunswick County developer George Sloane to the board last year. The state's application for boards and commissions asks whether a person or any company they control owes back taxes to any government entity.
Hunt pleads case for Smart Start to lawmakers

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Greg Clark |Matt Burns

Former Gov. Jim Hunt and a number of business leaders urged lawmakers Wednesday to avoid damaging the Smart Start early childhood program Hunt helped create nearly 20 years ago. Hunt said he could accept the 5 percent reduction to Smart Start funding that Gov. Beverly Perdue called for in her budget proposal, but he suggested deeper cuts would harm the nationally recognized program. "When you've got something this good, you don't want to mess it up," he said.
Feds grant $4M for rail development in NC

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bridget Whelan |Bruce Mildwurf

North Carolina and Virginia will get over $48 million in federal grant money to develop a high-speed rail link between Raleigh and Washington, D.C.U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the funding Tuesday. The goal is ultimately to spur high-speed rail development throughout the southeast, which has seen a population boom in recent decades.
Insurers make case for big rate hike

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Richard Adkins |Matt Burns

North Carolina's insurance commissioner opened a hearing Monday on a request from insurers that want to increase homeowner policy prices by an average of more than 25 percent in January. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, the independent agency that represents insurers, filed paperwork in January seeking changes to premiums for homeowner policies ranging from a 2.7 percent decrease to a 35 percent increase, varying by territory, officials said.
Lawyers ask judge to toss charges against Edwards

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Keith Baker |Matt Burns

Lawyers for John Edwards worked Wednesday to undercut the federal government's criminal case against the former presidential candidate before it ever gets to a jury. Edwards is scheduled to be tried in January on charges that he asked two wealthy campaign donors to provide nearly $1 million in secret payments used to hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the Democratic Party's nomination for the White House in 2007 and early 2008.
State workers offer budget savings ideas

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Terry Cantrell |Matt Burns

The group that represents many North Carolina state employees on Tuesday rolled out a series of ideas from its members about how to close the state budget gap. The State Employees Association of North Carolina said its ideas would save the state more than $10 billion, or almost four times the projected $2.7 billion deficit for the fiscal year that starts in July. Democratic Gov.
Perdue's desk piled with bills from GOP lawmakers

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Tom Normanly |Matt Burns

Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue said Monday she'll closely review more than 200 bills the Republican-led legislature gave her before it left Raleigh over the weekend, even though she's got less time than usual to examine them. General Assembly staff were expected to present to Perdue on Monday 109 bills approved by lawmakers in the session's closing hours before they went home Saturday. Another 114 were already on her desk.
Security tight as Triangle terrorism trial begins

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Keith Baker |Matt Burns

Jury selection began Monday in the federal trial of three Triangle men accused of plotting terrorist attacks. Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, Ziyad Yaghi and Hysen Sherifi face multiple felony charges related to allegations they conspired to attack targets overseas. Sherifi also is accused of plotting an attack on the Marine base in Quantico, Va.A fourth defendant, Anes Subasic, has waived his right to an attorney and is representing himself.
Judge orders documents released in Edwards sex tape case

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Terry Cantrell |Matt Burns

Former presidential candidate John Edwards will again be asked a series of questions he earlier refused to answer under oath, this time with a judge on hand to immediately rule what's fair or foul in the privacy lawsuit filed by his mistress.
NC school safety task force holds first meeting

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Keith Baker |Derek Medlin |Kelly Gardner

A panel asked by Gov. Pat McCrory to recommend ways to make North Carolina public schools safer held its first meeting Wednesday in downtown Raleigh. The Governor's Task Force on Safer Schools – a group of 20 educators, law enforcement officers and health and social service workers – spent Wednesday hearing about some new initiatives approved by the General Assembly and organizing subcommittees on certain topics.