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Investigators Seek Massive North Carolina Voting Records
Federal investigators in North Carolina are seeking an enormous number of voting records from dozens of state and local election offices weeks before the midterm elections.
Documents and the state elections board confirmed the U.S. Attorney's Office in Raleigh issued subpoenas recently on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the state board and local boards in more than 40 counties. Their requests — which the state elections board estimates would cover well over 20 million documents — may signal their expanded efforts to prosecute illegal voting by non-U.S. citizens.
After Court Ruling, Amendments Panel Has More Work To Do
Now that North Carolina courts have ruled six constitutional amendments will be on the November ballot, a special panel must meet again to finish writing explanations for the public.
The Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday. Comprised of the North Carolina secretary of state, attorney general and Legislative Building's top administrator, the commission already has approved summaries for four amendments submitted to voters by the General Assembly.
Now the panel must explain two more amendments because the state Supreme Court this week upheld ballot questions reworked by lawmakers.
Smithfield Foods Closing Meat Distribution Center
Smithfield Foods is closing a North Carolina meat distribution center and laying off about 100 employees.
The state Commerce Department posted a notice Wednesday in which Smithfield Foods said it will close the operation in the Johnston County town of Clayton by the end of next month.
Most of the workers being laid off are warehouse operators and supervisors.
Annual North Carolina Schools Report Shows Limited Progress
Fewer North Carolina public school students are attending problem schools, but the annual snapshot of how classrooms are doing shows few significant changes in recent years.
The annual update released Wednesday showing how public schools are doing celebrates that there are nearly three dozen fewer schools in the more than 400 statewide that year after year fail to show results in teaching children.
Many other measures are status quo.
Once again, fewer than half the elementary and middle school students tested last spring were ready to tackle both reading and math in the next grade.
Longtime North Carolina Politics Professor Beyle Dies At 84
A professor who taught North Carolina politics to generations of students while shaping state public policy and leaders has died.
Thad Beyle worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 35 years, performing research on gubernatorial powers. His wife Pat said he died last Friday at age 84 at a Pittsboro hospice from complications from dementia.
Beyle was a New York native. He worked for Gov. Terry Stanford and joined the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in the 1960s. Beyle once served as chairman of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research and N.C. Institute of Political Leadership.
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