NC House Refuses For Now To Back Greensboro Council Changes
The North Carolina House has refused for now to accept a Senate plan to rework Greensboro's city council districts, change how voters choose members and reduce the mayor's power.
The House on Monday night rejected the Senate version of a bill that originally only addressed changes to the council and mayor in the town of Trinity. Senate Republicans inserted the Greensboro legislation when an earlier bill senators passed sat in committee.
US Supreme Court Gives 'Choose Life' License Plates New Life
A federal appeals court must reconsider whether North Carolina can issue "Choose Life" license plates.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling last year that the state could not issue a license plate with an anti-abortion slogan unless it also issued a plate with the opposite point of view.
NC Senate Packs Bill With Environmental Regulation Changes
Senate Republicans are again trying to push through the North Carolina legislature dozens of legislative changes they say will reduce needless regulation and aid business.
Environmental groups say many provisions give industry and developers more license to pollute.
One section would encourage industries to self-report environmental violations to the state or to seek a voluntary compliance audit so they could avoid fines and public disclosure of problems.
Duke Energy CEO Getting Pay Raise Year After Coal Ash Spill
Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good is getting a raise a year after the country's largest electric company confronted a coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river in sludge containing toxic heavy metals.
The company said Monday in a regulatory filing that its board of directors approved raising Good's annual salary by $50,000 to more than $1.2 million. The directors also approved bigger boosts in incentives, potentially pushing her annual compensation to $10.5 million a year.
NC Justices Scrutinize Makeup Of Coal Ash, Other Committees
A lawsuit pitting Gov. Pat McCrory against the General Assembly could change the balance of power between North Carolina's legislative and executive branches.
The state Supreme Court plans to hear oral arguments Tuesday about whether state lawmakers can make appointments to environmental boards they created that perform what look like executive branch duties. One panel's job is to oversee the cleanup of leaking coal ash pits owned by Duke Energy.
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