Halifax Ruling Dismisses Indoor Smoking Challenge in NC
Halifax County judge James Ragan dismissed a lawsuit challenging local boards of health indoor smoking regulations. The case involves 27 counties including Halifax Guilford and Wake with restaurants tourism groups and tobacco interests as plaintiffs. The ruling could influence later appeals and county regulatory actions.
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Halifax
North Carolina
Halifax County
Halifax District Court
James Ragan
Boards of Health
Ragan
Guilford
Wake Counties
Farm Markets Reported by North Carolina Agriculture News
The Federal State Market News notes live stock figures across North Carolina with hog prices rising about 0.66 cents on hot carcass trend and live hogs up roughly $1.00 in several markets from Clinton to Siler City. Cattle and feeder prices vary by region, including Mount Airy and Shelby areas, with cows, bulls, heifers, steers, and calves listed alongside wholesale market notes for vegetables, eggs, broilers, cotton, and grain across multiple North Carolina markets and locations.
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Federal
N.C
Spivey's
Comer
Wilson
Robersonville
Siler City
Clinton
Fayetteville
Dunn
Pink Hill
Pine
Chadbourn
Ayden
Laurinburg
Benson
Spivey’s Corner
Wallace
Rowland
Mount Airy
Breaking Utility & Commercial
Cutter & Boning Utility
M&l
North Carolina
f.C.b
Mount Olive
Nead
Some lawmakers rethink tax-cut fever in Senate
Washington AP reports more than a dozen senators urge caution as House GOP tax relief faces retreat. Feingold leads Democrats in a deficit-focused push to use cuts to reduce the deficit, while some Republicans warn against retreating on cuts. Key figures include Feingold Packwood Chafee Specter Jeffords.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
America
Senate
Russ Feingold
Dwis
GOP
Clinton
Dick Gephardt
Missouri
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Packwood
Oregon
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania
Feingold
Hunt Seeks Common Ground in State of the State
Governor Jim Hunt plans a statewide address focusing on three themes tax cuts crime and helping children rather than a laundry list of proposals. He backs a 483 million tax cut including a higher personal exemption and a 50 dollar child credit plus 100 million for 1600 new prison beds and tougher felonies with school weapon expulsions. House Republicans schedule a vote on a constitutional amendment to grant the governor veto power if voters approve next year.
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Newt Gingrich
Rga
House
Clinton
Raleigh
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Senate
Rachel Perry
Perry
Herald-Sun
Durham
Carolyn Hunt
House Republicans
North Carolina
Judge halts memorial for two slain SC boys
A South Carolina judge ordered no monuments at the John D Long Lake site until after Susan Smith’s murder trial on July 10 to avoid juror prejudice. Memorial plans included two markers and a playground for Smith’s sons Michael, 3, and Alex, 14 months. SLED opened a missing records probe connected to abuse allegations from 1988.
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Union, S.C
Susan V. Smith
William Howard
Union Daily Times
Howard
Smith
Michael
Alex
State Department of Social Services
SLED
Union County
John D. Long Lake
Donald Betenbaugh
Betenbaugh
State Natural Resources Department
Natural Resources
Mac Watson
Columbia Defense
Dick Harpoothian
Lexington
Watson
David Bruck
Tommy Pope
Farm program applications open through April 28
Craven County farmers can apply for 1995 farm programs by April 28. A minimal or catastrophic crop insurance level is required for eligibility, with wheat, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, cotton, and tobacco insurance deadline on February 28. Acreage reductions are 7.5 percent for corn and 0 percent for other listed crops.
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John M. Walston
Craven County Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Craven County
Farm Service Agency
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