Monthly Archives: September 2009
About half of stimulus money has been spent
Lawmaker says he didn’t break lawyer rules
Monday numbers
Two North Carolinas
19,806—number of households in North Carolina without indoor plumbing facilities
66,982—number of households in North Carolina with no telephone service available
230,132—number of households in North Carolina with no vehicle available
64,464—number of households with five or more vehicles available
Poultry workers are still inadequately protected
All is well at the poultry plants run by the House of Raeford in the Carolinas, at least according to an investigation by the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. A year and a half ago, the ,em>Charlotte Observer published an exposé on the company, uncovering a series of abuses in its treatment of injured workers and failure to report job injuries. In a recent follow-up story, the Observer reported on the results of the Commission’s audit of the company, which cleared House of Raeford of nearly all the allegations contained in the Observer’s in-depth investigation. [Continue Reading...]
Inside Politics: City rejects union proposal
Profs re-enlist?
Letter: Health care lobby dollars affecting reform
High Cost of Death Row
Colleges downplay impact of new rules
Lawmakers upbeat even with mental health cuts
Rx
The Follies
Convenience for special interests
Senator David Hoyle and Senator Clark Jenkins are trying to save special interests some trouble if they are interested in buying influence with campaign contributions.
Debunking the conspiracy theorists
Why everyone ought to chill out about ACORN
It’s probably human nature to concoct fanciful conspiracy theories. Whatever one’s political persuasion, there’s something almost irresistible about the idea that some powerful entity somewhere is engaged in a diabolical plot to undermine one’s interests. Sometimes conspiracy theorists are motivated by sincere belief and/or delusion. Other times it’s simply a matter of political opportunists building a mountain out of a molehill. Often both phenomena are involved.
