• Civitas Institute still linking to anti-Semitic website

    by Rob Schofield
    Tuesday, September 19, 2017

    Conservative group “reviewing” bigoted attacks; funding from major NC corporations implicated

    Nearly a week after this column reported that the Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has been promoting a bigoted and frequently anti-Semitic website, the conservative group has issued only a brief and incomplete comment on the matter and is still linking visitors to the controversial site ...

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Oil and gas commission goes rogue, schedules illegal meeting to challenge fracking moratoriums

By Lisa Sorg
9/18/2017

This story has been updated with comments from Jim Womack, who did not respond earlier to questions.

With energy companies anxious to start drilling, the two-year fracking moratoriums in Lee and Chatham County are expected to be challenged at a meeting of the state's Oil and Gas Commission this week. However, the legality of that meeting, scheduled for Wednesday in Sanford, is in question, as is the authority of the commission's purported chairman, Jim Womack.

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In supporting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a struggling nonprofit confronts a conflict of interest

In supporting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a struggling nonprofit confronts a conflict of interest

By Lisa Sorg
9/15/2017
Board of Education gets more time before possible transfer of power to Superintendent Mark Johnson

Board of Education gets more time before possible transfer of power to Superintendent Mark Johnson

By Melissa Boughton
9/14/2017
Charter takeovers met with skepticism as director begins pitching model

Charter takeovers met with skepticism as director begins pitching model

By Billy Ball
9/13/2017
Web of local money, political connections behind legislature’s decision to bypass DEQ in GenX clean-up

Web of local money, political connections behind legislature’s decision to bypass DEQ in GenX clean-up

By Lisa Sorg
9/12/2017
The people and political connections behind the controversial GenX appropriation

The people and political connections behind the controversial GenX appropriation

By Lisa Sorg
9/12/2017
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Monday numbers

By Chris Fitzsimon
9/18/2017

5---number of days since Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham unveiled a new proposal to repeal and allegedly replace the Affordable Care Act that would dramatically cut federal funding for health care over the next ten years (Louisiana Advocate, September 15, 2017)

12---number of days until the September 30 deadline to pass ACA repeal and replace legislation on a simple-majority vote under the Senate procedure known as reconciliation (Ibid)

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The stench of hate speech

The stench of hate speech

By John Cole
9/18/2017
“DREAM” come true: DACA student from NC wins national college scholarship

“DREAM” come true: DACA student from NC wins national college scholarship

By Michael E. C. Gery
9/14/2017
North Carolina conservatives must disavow allies’ bigoted hate speech

North Carolina conservatives must disavow allies’ bigoted hate speech

By Rob Schofield
9/13/2017
Monday numbers

Monday numbers

By Chris Fitzsimon
9/11/2017
UNC & the BOG monster

UNC & the BOG monster

By John Cole
9/11/2017
Friday hurricane and climate change numbers

Friday hurricane and climate change numbers

By Rob Schofield
9/8/2017
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