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STATE GOVERN:MEINT NEWS SERVICE
"Our VNTMI Airborne forefathers jumped into Europe to defeat Nazism. We know who we are.
We know our legacy."
The 82nd Airborne, on the display of their emblem at the Charlottesville protests.
Table of Contents
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News Summary
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Confederate statues should be removed from state property, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a public
message Tuesday. Cooper has asked the state Department of Cultural Resources to find out how
much it will cost to remove the monuments and provide options for relocating them to places
where they can be "studied in context."
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Republicans from three counties on Tuesday selected attorney and Davie County Commissioner
Dan Barrett to fill the vacant 34th District N.C. Senate seat. Barrett's term starts in seven days or
after Gov. Roy Cooper officially makes the appointment, whichever comes first. Barrett beat out
• ithers -- Salisbury attorneyBill Graham and Chad Mitchell, a teacherand former Rowan
County• • -• in 3une when former
Andrew Brock resigned to take a spot on the state's Board of Review.(3osh Bergeron, THE
SALISBURY POST, 8
Records
two-yearA coalition of media and advocacy groups that sued former Gov. Pat McCrory's administration over
alleged violations of the state's public records law has now settled the claim with the state after a
• battle. The original lawsuit was filed0by . group that included Capitol
Broadcasting • • i Observer, Indy Week and CBS North Carolina
nonprofit Southern Environmental Law Center and N.C. Policy Watch. It accused the McCrory
administration of -1 f repeatedly" • • North Carolina- i • by delayingthe
release of ' i • and charging high feesfor producing . • office
denied.vehemently
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CarolinaAttorney Office ordered • close. Attorney General•formally
notified the U.S. Department •o.. Education I . •.-i • law school is no longer licensed•
operate according fto"Charlotte•• of r 'r to be closed.
it • Attorney General will take action to ensure it complies."
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The statement capped a seriesof -'b appeared to undercutschool'sflickering
chances of On • f AmericanAssociation rejected Charlotte
• plan that would have allowed its remaining students to finish theirlegal • .' •
Charlotte. Also on - iUniversity of •Carolina,1 the ri - to prove
viable,is financially • `• the school'sappeal to extend the r- 1 license UNC
revoked last week.
Charlotte.f- and faculty • f not replyto Observer . ' seeking questions Tu- •. Bt�
Charlotter - Robertson president of the school'si • said the school
faculty has been -f that the school will be • f. The students were to be told Tuesday,
If.
week,Last itleaders said they were optimistic classeswould open on ef, Aug.
Tuesday, its website had been taken down.
"Unfortunately, this appears to be the end for the Charlotte School of Law," Robertson said. "ThiE
is distressing news,especially a the students who were preparing • return to campus in two
weeks. It's very scary news for our faculty, who were relying on their jobs to support their
Former • -nt Ephraim Mosleysaid Tuesday that he found "sad and unfortunate
been forced to •
"However, the position that CSL has put many students and faculty members in is even more
disheartening. This is definitely unchartedI •I •fl ... so many students are left
• to pick up the pieces fr•, - fiasco that CSL has created,"• - f .- • fi
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
Dress Code
schooldistrict in North. • rl -f its dress •f to ban all clothing that depicts
reportConfederate flag, swastikas or any Ku Klux Klan related symbols or language. Local news outlets
Orange County Schools• -r the newpolicy on • a Some parents
students have been asking the district for months to change the dress code to ban the
Confederate flag. Last month, a proposed policy prohibited students from wearing clothes that are
disruptive, or • f reasonably intimidate students,but •rped short of explicitly r 1 the
Confederate .f asked ri Board Chair Stephen. • about the timing of _
change, and if events in Charlottesville,i - ` E it. He said government works
"dinosaur -like and that there was "nothing quick"r • decision.(THE ASSOCIATED
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NortheasternDistricts
The first draft of potential new district maps. Assembly would make significant
changes• representation for• - •rth Carolina, opening. door for at leastone new
state r • be elected in 2018.
Lawmakers have until the • of the monthto present new districts to . federal courtoapproval
to use starting nextjudges-f that 19 HouseE three Senatedistricts
race -based gerrymanders. _ plan t • vote on - proposed .. • - Aug. 24, which would bring
an L to the splitting of northeastern N.C. countiesinto separate districts.
BeaufortCurrituck would shift to a House district that includes Dare, Hyde and Pamlico counties. Rep.
Beverly Boswell, R-Dare, is the current House member for Dare, Hyde, Washington and part of
• - comprise District. •-•Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan, is the
sitting First District memberand currently represents
In the House, Pasquotank would be in the same district as Gates and Hertford counties,
other district would stretch fromBertie to Perquimans and also include Washington, f
Camden.
On •' part of Beaufort would move• • all• - • and Gates would be
added to the current First District, creating the largest in the state for total number of counties.
Under the proposal, current First District Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, would not be eligible for that
seat. He has not -i his intentionsfor i but - strong indications that this will be
last term in Raleigh.
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Division of Public- - • a health report'r to eating fish and craout of Sturgeon Creek, the Brunswick River and Cape Fear River near the 251-acre Kerr-McGee
Chemical Corp. site in Navassa, which is contaminated with creosote, a preservative used to trea
••r. Conclusions fromoff"eating fish and shellfish daily from1-•I Cree
Brunswick River and Cape Fear River near the site couldpeople's
The report indicates that the risk of cancer and non -cancer health effects is lower for recreationa
fishermen than people who live off eating fish and shellfish from- because "people
who regularly eat fish and shellfish caughtbe exposed • levels •I contaminants
that increase their risk for • and cancer health effects."
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Many high school students in North Carolina who don't have internet access at home will this fall
as part of the SprintII• Project. Eightr . • school districts will receive about 11,000
mobilefree wireless devices and hotspots,said Roni Singleton,!o •Sprint.
school district could participate by filling out an application by October," Singleton said. "They had
to meet basic requirements,• f having someone on • can help run it over
five years."
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The exact type of devices the school systems will receive was not immediately available. Howevel
they could get smartphones, tablets or hotspot devices from Sprint and 3GB of high-speed LTE
data per month. Smartphones can also be used as hotspots. The program will be rolled out with
freshmen, and is for four years, Singleton said.
The school districts receiving the lines are:
• Cumberland County Public Schools
• Buncombe County Public Schools
• Nash -Rocky Mount Public Schools
• Rockingham County Public Schools
• Pitt County Public Schools
• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
• Guilford County Schools
Multiple groups advocating for the rights of poultry workers gathered outside Case Farms in
Morganton on Monday to protest against what they say is an unfair policy that does not allow
workers to use the bathroom when they need to. Hunter Ogletree, a protest organizer from the
Western North Carolina Worker's Center, says the policy has led some workers to wear diapers t
avoid retaliation from superiors when asking to use the bathroom. "They are waiting up to one
hour, two hours, three hours until they are able to go to the bathroom," Ogletree said. "They're
getting breaks, but they are not getting breaks when they have to go."
Not allowing employees to use the bathroom is an Occupational Safety and Health Administratio
A statement was provided to The News Herald on behalf of Case Farms in response to the
estimated 35 protesters, which included multiple former workers.
"Case Farms has recently been targeted by the Western North Carolina Worker's Center and
Interfaith Worker Justice at the Morganton Division regarding working conditions," the statement
said. "We respectfully disagree with the allegations made by the aforementioned parties." The
statement went on to say the company devotes resources to make sure employees are successf
flespecially as it concerns health and safety standards in our facilities."
Ogletree said the groups at Monday's protest have spoken privately with current workers, but th
current workers did not feel comfortable leaving work to participate in the protest,
themselves. (Ryan Wilusz, THE (Morganton) NEWS HERALD, 8/14/17).
A former West Charlotte High student has sued Cha rlotte-Mecklen burg Schools, saying the district
failed to protect him from sexual harassment and assault by his former band teacher.
Duncan Gray taught band at West Charlotte High from 2007 until he was criminally charged with
sexual assault on a student in April 2016. He was suspended after his arrest and resigned in June.
In December Gray pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a student, a felony, and was
sentenced to 30 months' probation with "sex offender special provisions."
In a suit filed Tuesday against Gray and the school board, the former student's lawyers say Gray
had "a well-known and well -documented history of engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with
students," including discipline and/or termination from a previous job based on reports of such
behavior. It alleges that CMS "had actual notice of prior incidents" involving Gray's sexual
behavior with students, and that CMS suspended Gray in March 2011 after a cellphone containing
Itexplicit sexual conversations with one or more West Charlotte students" was found.
CMS has acknowledged that Gray was suspended at that time but has not given a reason. The
district declined to comment on the lawsuit.(Ann Doss Helms and Maria David, THE CHARLOTTE
OBSERVER, 8/15/17).
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After being lured to South America by • photos of . buxom bikini model,
and then landing in an Argentinian jail on drug -related charges, a UNC-Chapel Hill physics
professor sai• he was able to teach and advise his studentsincarcerated. Paul Frampton,the
• i who said he was unwittinglycoaxed into carrying luggage containing cocaine,
been a •-• more • 001 for back pay and benefits • administrators
to cut him off from• f •I shortly after his arrest.
BuenosThe courts have ruled that UNC violated its own policies when administrators placed Frampton on
unpaid leave while he awaited trial on drug -trafficking charges inside the notorious Villa Devoto
jail in Aires.August • a judge in Orange• ordered • pay $231,475.92
in back salary and $31,824.53for • of benefits • Frampton,but - -• to order the state to
moneypay the professor's attorney's fees. Frampton appealed to the state Court of Appeals for the
rlawyer,Barry Nakell, who is based in ChapelBut r • issued
on Tuesday, a three -judge panel denied that request.(Anne Blythe, THE NEWS & OBSERVER,
•
Amazon is exf. i 1 in Kannapolisand plans to bring 600 morejobs to the area. The Kannapolis
City Council approved an incentive grant for an Amazon Distribution Center which will be located
off N.C. 73 and KannapolisParkway. Amazon'sbe an $85 million, • - million
squarer•t industrial building. The ci f. f. • . minimum of 0 if
benefits.with
Amazon already has an operation near the Concord Regional Airport and a facility in Charlotte.
The city's incentive grant will be spread out over three years and will be $562,275 or 85 percent
of - personal property f. • by r f. during that time frame.
The • • bring the firm to Kannapolis has been partnership with CabarrusCounty,
Cabarrus County• • Development • f• .' • and NCDOT. Cabarrus County
Commissioners will considerfor - company at its meeting on August , •
new home in Kannapolis is expected to open in 2019.(THE (Concord) INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE,
McHenry
Residents of • and Cleveland counties will b able r not only hear firsthand about what Rep.
Patrick McHenry has been doing in Washington,also be able to give him their opinions on
what they believe their representative• • be doing in Congress.• r his annual
• hall meetingsCleveland County on -• • Aug. 16, and on •. ' •
Gaston County. Both meetings will start at 6 p.m., with the meetings taking place at Cleveland
Community •' -•- and Gaston Countys •respectively.• •w a traditional
formatof updating those at the meeting on - -nt legislative activity in the U.S. Congress,well
as giving people an idea of what they should expect in the coming months. He will then take
questions • • i
Brunch Bill
Town leadersAberdeen - taking a wait -and -see approach before they tackle serious
consideration of • i be permitted for sale earlier on •.ys. Following . month
long sabbaticalthe Town Board held its first meeting on • •. evening since the General
Assembly paved the way for!. • pass, or • pass,ordinance that w• • allow
grocery stores and restaurants with ABC permits to serve alcoholic beverages as early as 10 a.m.
Approximately 79 towns or r passed related ordinances over • weeks. In the
Instead,Sandhills area, Carthage was the first town in Moore County to approve the change -- passed
unanimously -- followed in turn by Pinehurst and, just last week, Whispering Pines.
Last week a split vote of 3-2 in favor of the brunch bill by the Southern Pines Town Council did not
meet the supermajority threshold necessary to approve a new ordinance on the first reading.
a second vote placed the question back on -fl . agenda. - • f reading
of a potential new ordinance, a simple majority is required for approval.
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Forest Fees
Resources. U.S, Fo�est Servi�,,e� Proposed Fpe increases
Some . - recreation haunts in Pisgah • Nantahala nationalforests could get - more
expensive.• i 1 to the U.S. Forestf federal budget fi
public f . those land management agencies to pass on • of f - f. The
Forest Service is proposing to increase recreation feessome 00 percent
popularseveral on Pisgah National• f: the Nantahala National Forest,
comprise more .I . million acres in the Western
North. • . mountains. The ForestService
also proposing • increase rates at recreationother two national forests
the Uwharrie in the Piedmont and the Croatan on _ coast. _ public can give input on the
proposed fee changes through Sept. 25.(THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN -TIMES, 8/15/17).
Correction
story•.y's Insider about an auditof -nate leader Phil Berger'scampaign •
named the 'c, that exceeded contribution limits by donating $9,000 over a two-year period.
was the N.C. State Farm Agents Association PAC, not the North Carolina Association of Stude
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• Noon House convenes in session.
• Noon Senate •session.
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* 10 a.m. I The North Carolina Energy Policy Council meets, William G. Ross, Jr. Conference
Center, 4th Floor of the Nature Research Center, 121 West Jones St., Raleigh.
! ! a.m. I The Criminal Justice Educationand Training Standards Commission•'i • b
hearing on proposed rule changes, Wake Technical Community College -Public Safety
Training Center, 321 Chapanoke Road, Raleigh.
Office,* 9 a.m. I The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) Board of
Directors meet, Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Dr., Pinehurst.
* 9 a.m. I The State Board of Community Colleges meet, NC Community Colle
System t0 W. Jones St., Raleigh.
of •rth Carolina Partnership •Children meets,
1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley: 919-821-9573.
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9:30 a.m. I The Wildlife Resources Commission committees meet, Commission
Room, Sth Floor, 1751 Varsity Dr., Raleigh.
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9 a.m. I The Wildlife Resources Commission meets, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Nature Research Center, 4th Floor, 121 W. ]ones St., Raleigh.
2 p.m. I The N.C. Board of Agriculture meets, Martin Building at the N.C. State
Fairgrounds, Raleigh.
9 a.m. I The Board of Directors of the North Carolina State Ports Authority meets,
Board Room of the North Carolina Maritime Building, 2202 Burnett Blvd.,
6:30 p.m. I N.C. State Board of Dental Examiners holds public hearing on proposed rule
changes, 2000 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 160, Morrisville.
2 p.m. I The N.C. Private Protective Services Board holds public hearing on proposed rule
changes, Private Protective Services Board, 3101 Industrial Drive, Suite 104, Raleigh.
2 p.m. I The N.C. Alarm Systems Licensing Board holds public hearing on proposed rule
changes, Alarm Systems Licensing Board Office, 3101 Industrial Drive, Suite 104, Raleigh.
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9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
10 a.m. I The N.C. Social Services Commission holds public hearing on proposed rule
changes, Division of Social Services, 820 South Boylan Ave., Conference Room 151,
9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
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10:30 a.m. I The Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board to the N.C. Division
of Marine Fisheries meets, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries' Wilmington District Office, 127
North Cardinal Dr. Extension, Wilmington.
* T8D | The Golden LEAF Foundation's board nOeet5,TBD. COOLdC1: 38OOyT|OW8pdUgh, 888-
684'8404.
* TB[) | The NC Wildlife Resources Commission meets, VVRCCeDteDO|a| CdrOpU5, 1751Var5|tv
Dr., Raleigh.
9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules
Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh.
TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888-
684-8404.
TBD I The NC Wildlife Resources Commission meets, 1751 Varsity Dr., Raleigh.
10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules
Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh.
9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
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Archdale Building, 512 N. SalisburyRaleigh.
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• 9 a.m. I The State Consumer and Family Advisory Committee (SCFAC) meets, Dix Grill, 1101
Cafeteria Dr., Raleigh.
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No Time Given I The 77th Annual National Folk Festival opens in Downtown Greensboro for
its third year in the state. Contact: Kaitlin Smith, 336-373-7523, ext 246.
TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Young Bankers Conference, Crowne Plaza Asheville
Resort, Asheville.
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10 a.m. I The Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association hold Technical Workshop and Forum,
Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort, 10000 Beach Club Dr., Myrtle Beach.
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TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Women in Banking Conference, Renaissance.
Charlotte Southpark, 5501 Carnegie Blvd., Charlotte.
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