Welfare reform push targets illegitimacy in state House
Raleigh report says budget writers back a dramatic rewrite of welfare laws to curb out of wedlock births. Rep. Cherie Berry notes a possible 50 percent of U.S. births could be nonmarital in 15 years and cites white illegitimacy at near 30 percent among North Carolina’s 7 million residents. The plan would deny AFDC to unmarried parents, cap aid, and remove about 7,000 families. average monthly checks would fall to about 169 dollars.
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Raleigh
Cherie Berry
R-Catawba
Berry
Appropriations Committee
U.S
AFDC
North Carolina House trims Senate repeal list on Wednesday
The House accepted most of the Senate list of outdated laws to repeal, removing two provisions and approving about 15 provisions to strike older sections and references from state law books. Law officers sometimes used a two sentence, 50 dollar centerpiece to quiet disorderly behavior, though the panel rejected repealing the public highway cursing ban.
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Raleigh
State House
Senate
House
Carolyn Russell
R-Wayne
Lawmakers push $800 million bond for outer loop projects
One week after defeating a bill limiting city officials, legislators push an $800 million bond to speed outer loop plans around Winston-Salem and Durham. The House Transportation Committee also approved a bill to form a six-member NC Bridge Authority to sell $50 million in bonds for the first state toll bridge to Currituck County.
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Winston-Salem
Durham
House Transportation Committee
N.C
New NC House District picks Rep Jonathan Inson
Raleigh reports that Jonathan Inson a 43 year old commercial fisherman from Stacy was sworn in to replace Rep Macon Snowden who died of cancer on April 27. Inson notes he may arrive amid debates over inland fishing net bans and has experience in shrimp trawling crabbing and finfish operations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jonathan Inson
Stacy
Robinson
Macon Snowden
Pine
Wilmington Morning Star seeks details of hospital PHP deal
The Wilmington Morning Star filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a court to compel New Hanover Regional Medical Center to reveal all terms of its agreement with Physicians Health Plan. The suit says the hospital illegally withholds information on discounts, in a three year deal reached November 7 that routes PHP clients to the hospital for discounted services.
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Wilmington
The
Wilmington Morning Star
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
PHP
New Hanover Regional
Regional nuke waste panel weighs NC punishment plan
A Southeast Compact Commission revisits sanctions on North Carolina for failing to open a Barnwell landfill replacement. Debates consider banning NC generators from Barnwell, or delaying a license for a replacement site, with Gov Beasley pressing for penalties to keep NC in the compact.
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Regional Nuke Waste Commission
Columbia
S.C
North Carolina
Southeast Compact Commission
Atlanta
Barnwell County
David Beasley
South Carolina
Beasley
Barnwell
Tar Heel
Commis
Sion
Compact Commission
Richard Hodes
Hodes
Ginny Wolfe
Raleigh
California firm buys Raleigh newspaper
Calif ornia based McClatchy Newspapers Inc. agreed to buy The News and Observer Publishing Co. for about 373 million dollars, ending Daniels family ownership. The deal includes 250 million to purchase shares and 123 million in debt, finalizing August 1. McClatchy operates 12 daily newspapers and eight non daily papers.
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Raleigh
News and Observer Publishing Co
McClatchy Newspapers Inc
N&o
Frank Daniels Jr
Daniels
The
Associated Press
McClatchy
Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Bee
West Coast
South Carolina
News & Observer
Jesse Helms
Washington, D.C
Helms
Frank Daniels
Frank
Frank Daniels III
Erwin Potts
Charlotte
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Potts
James McClatchy
Bee
Gary Pruitt
William Honeysett
Josephus Daniels
Business North Carolina Magazine
Benson Print Company
Nando.net
Petition greets surgeon's bid to return to operating room
In Wilmington neuro surgeon Raymond Sattler seeks readmission to operate at local hospitals prompting a petition from 40 New Hanover Regional Medical Center OR staff. The group presented the document to Dr. James Snyder as the credentials committee weighs approval ahead of a board vote. The petition accuses Sattler of unsafe conduct amid prior license suspension and lawsuits and notes a patient was left on the table for 25 minutes before he returned from a snack.
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Wilmington
Raymond Sattler
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
James Snyder
New Hanover Regional
Sattler
N.C
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