Despite creeping up against a borrowing limit, the state may still have a way to try to borrow money as part of an effort to spark the state's economy.
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- Landmark exoneration in NC almost never happened
- Seals blamed for smell on airplane in NC
- Alabama man wanted on abuse charge arrested in NC
- IG: Vets waiting too long to give disability exams
- New sentencing ordered in NC fraud case
- Wachovia settles money laundering case for $160M
- Biden to visit NC manufacturer of semiconductors
- Ind. man pleads guilty in Tenn. to more robberies
- Police reopen slaying case after NC man exonerated
- NC man found guilty of murder in road rampage
- TVA delays decision on Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
- NC personal care services review back on hold
- Rising fuel costs to TVA passed on to customers
- NC family sues company that makes Taser stun guns
- Lawsuit: NC gov can't negotiate gambling rights
- NC attorney general wants to expand DNA database
- NC students to visit Bentonville Battlefield
- NC governor heads 3-day film recruiting trip to LA
- Trial starts for NC soldier acquitted in 3 deaths
- Official seeks $75 million for Blue Ridge Parkway
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"Just as we're the first state to have an innocence commission, we're the first department to have a case come back to us."¯
Raleigh police Chief Harry Dolan, on reopening the investigation into the death of Jacquetta Thomas following the exoneration of the man who had been convicted of killing her by a state innocence panel.
THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 3/18/10
Aging Ferries
North Carolina has at least three ferry boats in need of replacement, which has legislators talking about more tolls.
E-mail Retention
Gov. Beverly Perdue signed an executive order in July directing the state's information technology staff to implement a new system "as soon as practicable"¯ to automatically archive government e-mail for 10 years. But eight months later, only 1.4 percent of the 60,787 e-mail accounts maintained by the state are on the new archiving system.
Gambling Rights
Gov. Beverly Perdue lacks the authority to negotiate gambling rights with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a former video poker operator contends in a new lawsuit. Fayetteville-based New Vemco Music Co. filed the lawsuit in Wake County.
Unemployment Loans
Lawmakers should start planning how to cover interest payments on federal government loans that the state has taken to keep unemployment benefits flowing, State Treasure Janet Cowell warned this week.
Investigation Reopened
Raleigh police detectives are taking a fresh look at the death of Jacquetta Thomas following the exoneration by a state innocence panel of the man who had been convicted of killing her.
Personal Care Services
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has delayed an effort by Medicaid officials to review and reduce personal care services for thousands of people living at home.
“Pants on Fire”
A new ad by Americans for Prosperity has won Politifact's “Pants on Fire” designation, meaning the Pulitizer Prize-winning fact checker has found its contentions untrue and ridiculous.
Loggerhead Turtles
Federal regulators have proposed a rule change that would likely change the designation of loggerhead turtles found off the North Carolina coast from "threatened" to "endangered," a move that could have a dramatic impact on commercial fishermen.
DNA Samples
A DNA sample should be taken from anyone arrested on a felony charge in North Carolina, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Tuesday.