Missing Knightdale teen found in Washington suburb
Jennifer Ryals, a mentally impaired teenager from Knightdale, had been missing since May. She was located Wednesday in a Washington suburb after her family launched a cross state search and pleaded for help on a local radio show. Wake County investigators would only say she was detained for a minor crime.
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Raleigh
Knightdale
Washington
Jennifer Ryals
Craig Ryals
Wake County
Jennifer
Danny Bellamy
Tobacco quota ring probe and Raleigh mail bomb case
Federal investigators say NC farmers and warehouse men evaded USDA tobacco quotas, hurting legitimate growers as 30 dealers pleaded guilty to crimes from money laundering to conspiracy. In Raleigh a BTI worker injured by a mail bomb prompted a large search and a $50,000 reward for clues.
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Zebulon
North Carolina
Tommy Bunn
The
Tobacco Association of the United States
Raleigh
USDA
Tracy Bullis
BTI
Bullis
E.T. Bert
Gov Hunt backs hot bunking for prisoners in North Carolina
Gov Jim Hunt supports a plan to rotate inmates to share beds in a Lincoln County prison. The state House voted to spend 500000 dollars next year to test hot bunking as a cost cutting measure. Rep John Brown criticized treating prisoners like soldiers, urging basic personal provisions remain.
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Raleigh
U.S. Navy
Jim Hunt
John Brown
Elkin
State House
Lincoln County
Senate proposes 384.4 million budget for new spending
Senate budget panel advances a 384.4 million plan funding state employee bonuses up to 300 and higher education. It retains the Health Planning Commission and adds projects at HBCUs, a new Superior Court district in the northeast, and 5 million for Elizabeth II site in Manteo, while the House omits these items. The plan also includes 23 million for new prison construction and changes to sentencing under structured guidelines. It keeps a 2 percent raise and 11.8 million in UNC tuition increases.
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Senate Budget Committee
Senate
State Health Planning Commission
Superior Court
Manteo
Frank Ballance
University of North Carolina System
Crop losses rise as floods hit farms in eastern NC
Eastern North Carolina farmers face heavy losses after weeks of torrential rains. Insurance offices report a flood of calls from anxious growers. federal disaster aid may be their only relief. Gov Hunt pledged to push for federal help after tours of rain-soaked counties.
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Faison
Mike Bass
Clinton
North Carolina
Sampson
Duplin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Raleigh
Jim Hunt
House to vote on lottery referendum becomes political gambit
In Raleigh the state House planned a vote on a lottery bill that would send about 250 million dollars annually to school construction. Supporters framed it as a public demand while opponents called it a political exercise as Senate opposition looms and a chance for voters fades.
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Raleigh
State House
Toby Fitch
D-Wilson
Democratic Committee
House
Fitch
Senate
Leo Daughtry
R-Johnston
Daughtry
Proposed spending cap omits schools and prisons debate
A North Carolina Senate committee backed a House plan to cap state spending tied to inflation and population growth, excluding schools, prisons and federal mandates. Senators said voters want more education funding and tougher crime measures, suggesting the cap may still pass this year with further study of the Senate version.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Mula
Sen
Roy Cooper
Nash
Helms claims gay lobbyists discredit him over AIDS aid
In Charlotte Senator Jesse Helms accuses gay activists of trying to smear him over the Ryan White Care Act of 1990 while insisting his opposition is not to AIDS patients but to special rights. He argues the measure grants better treatment to HIV victims than to patients with other diseases. He asserts gays have equal rights and condemns calls for special rights.
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Mark Barnes
Aids Action Council
Helms
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Ruths Chapel Christian School
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