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STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS S:ERVICE
YOU DON'T SAY...
"Replacing a legend is difficult. Becoming one yourself... well, that's rare.
WRAL-TV News Director Rick Gall, on anchor, David Crabtree who is retiring after 35 years at the
station.
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News Summary
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LaRoque Case
Federal prosecutors have accused former state House member Stephen LaRoque and his family of
hiding thousands of dollars in assets to avoid paying the restitution a judge ordered when he was
convicted two years ago. LaRoque, a Kinston Republican who resigned his House seat under
pressure after his 2012 indictment, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting theft concerning
programs receiving federal funds and was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to
pay $300,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some of LaRoque's property
was sold at auction, and money held in trust by an attorney was turned over to authorities, but
according to recently unsealed court documents, he still owes about $122,000 in restitution.
LaRoque has insisted that he is unable to pay off the rest of what he owes the government, but
federal authorities say he simply doesn't want to do so. "Defendant has the assets to satisfy his
court -ordered restitution. But instead of using them to do so, Defendant has spent the last year
concealing them from the Government," federal prosecutors state in an Aug. 30 filing. "He may
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Conference of f- rr Court 3udgesmil . pair of •ii amid
House push to redrawjudicialdistricts.
MondayFilings with the Secretary of State's office show the organization hadn't previously had a
registered lobbyist, but Nathan Babcock and Tracy Kimbrell of the law firm Parker Poe registered
• represent the Superior• ges. 3udge 3oe• group's president,• d
Policy Watch that the lobbyists• f on a short-termbasis foralso said the
judicial^• i' effort is among the reasons for• lobbyists,"but that was notof
Babcock previously worked forChamber, and Kimbrell has served on of
leader Phil Berger. The Superior Courtgroup is the second association of r•- to hire lobbyists.
Association of iurt 3udges hired two lobbyists on A • and Rick
Zechini.(Colin Campbell,INSIDER, •
at • i Investigation
N.C. Attorney General 3osh Stein is approaching his investigation into the drug companies that
may have contributed • ongoing 1 p r • epidemic approaching
•urs' contamination of . River. In frI office is investigating
whether a corporate entity -- Che! r • - pharmaceutical companies
including Purdue Pharma in the •f • • investigation -- used deceptive marketing practices to claim
. product .s safer thanthe company knew it to be.
Stein touched on both investigations. visit to Coastal HorizonsWednesday,
addressed severalemployees f members of board. the authority I have as attorney
general,• r.representation,be unfair or deceptive," Steind f that he worked on - during his eightfent working in the 1 office
under now -Gov. Roy Cooper.
Tuesday, Stein announced that he and 40 other Attorneys General are expanding their
investigation r drug manufacturers fromPurduealone • also include Endo,
Teva/Cephalon and Allergan. The investigation• ef on i. 'f doctors
and patients about the addictive nature of the drugs, while also probing distributors to determine
whether they tried to skirt the law by not raising mandatory red flags about suspiciously large or
GenX
A potentially harmful chemical has been detected in private wells used for drinking water at
residences near the Chemours plant. Preliminary results from several wells showed levels of Gen'.
that were higher than the state's provisional goal for•' fr i saidGary Cambre,
• f•I. most _• •far wasbelow the state
guideline.
3amie Kritzer, a spok• e state DepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality,f the
preliminary tests showedGenX in the wells at 11 residences.officials toldChemours
provide • -residentsbottledwater after- f. other
results for GenX came in Tuesday, he said. "We wanted to take steps to ensure the residents hac
an alternate source of 1' - said. -•Iwe needed totake action."
The company announced Sept. 6 that it would start testing wells around the plant after
preliminary • -•that GenX- i on - • property. Studies
linkedhave GenX totesticular,pancreatic andliver cancer in animals,but •known
• -effectsabout which is used to mak
nonstick coatings on cookware and for other purposes.
State officials have set a health goal for GenX based on their belief that no adverse health effectE
would is expected at a lifetimeof f• tothat levelof • lives
aboutl i the plant,•representatives • •him that the preliminary
results showed that his water has elevated levels of GenX. They were not specific about the level
of the compound that were detected, he said. State officials came by Cain's house Wednesday to
take additionalsamples, . d.
Kritzer fstateofficials have testedawells andexpectto get samplesfrom •Chemours
testing for - -also is testing for two other compounds• i
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Brunch Ordinance
To date, most area governments that have heard a brunch bill ordinance have passed one. In
other areas like Cantonand Sylva, the ordinances still have a fighting chance. There are some
though,passage seemsMaggie Valley,• « practically
down six monthsyear, - • be • - of those areas.At the a board meeting, a vote
Davisto hold a public hearing on a possible brunch ordinance passed, but just barely. Aldermen Clayton
and Phillip Wight opposed the hearing, which will be held in • b _ Davis•I LI be
reached for comment, Wight said that he didn't see how such an ordinance would pertain to
Maggie Valley. "Sell me," he said. "Sell it to me. I'm not opposed to people's freedoms and
liberties, but is it for the better? At this point my gut instinct is that it's not relevant to Maggie
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Valley."There are not that many restaurantsMaggie Valley that serve alcohol. The same • e
for ood a owing to topography d a just recentlypassed alcohol referendum,
overwhelming majority of bars, restaurants and retail establishments selling or serving alcohol
falls somewhere within one of •ur municipalities. Outside Canton,Clyde,g•- Valley and
Waynesville, there simply aren't many businesses that might benefit from a brunch
ordinance.(Cory Vaillancourt,l • • + •
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Officials in North Carolina say a worker has been killed at a turkey processing plant. The N.C.
Department of .ra • • area mediaoutlets that a preliminary investigationr28-year-old
Robert McCullen was replacing a light above a dropped ceiling at the Butterball plant in Mount
Olive on - a when - was electrocuted. Th- company says co-workersimmediately
performed CPR on McCullen as emergency crews responded to the plant. McCullen had worked at
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the plant since 2010. Plant officials said he was part of the maintenance crew. A labor departmeni
spokeswoman . f the investigation• • four months• f' ete.(THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS, • i
Honored
Rep. StephenRoss,t • i f as a recipientof Recycling Association
of • Carolina's Leadership Award. The award was in recognitionof Rep. Ross' work to
extend the Mercury Switch Removal Program. The Mercury Switch Removal Program was created
by •CarolinaAssembly 15. This law requires mercury -containing
convenience lf • switches to be removed from all end-of-lifeprior i crushing,
shredding, or smelting of the vehicles.(NEWS RELEASE, 9/20/17).
* 9 a.m. I House Select Committee on North Carolina River Quality, 643 LOB.
i.m. I House Select Committeeon Administrative Procedure Laws, 421 LOB.
1 p.m. I House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term
Funding Solutions, 544 LOB.
•' a.m. I The 3oint Legislative Oversight C• -- on s - is
3oint LegislativeOversight Committeeon - i • 643 LO1
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.. I The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, 64
• 12 p.m. I Session Convenes (House)
. 12 p.m. I Session Convenes (Senate)
:: Meetings . i; Hearings
Rules- -w Commission meets,Administrative Hearingsoffice,
Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh.
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7 p.m. I The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries meet to gather public comment onj
Draft Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Migratory Group (AMG) Cobi
Hatteras Community Center, 57689 NC Highway 12, Hatteras. i
6 p.m. I N.C. DMV holds public hearing on assessing fees for administrative review requests,
John Chavis Media Center, 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Raleigh. Written comments will
be accepted at the public hearing and online at ncdot.gov/about/regulations/rules/ through
Oct. 3, 2017.
* 9 a.m. I Board of Directors of the North Carolina State Ports Authority meeting, North
Carolina Maritime Building, 113 Arendell St., Morehead City.
* 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.
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* TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: Jenny Tinklepaugh, 888-
684-8404.
* 9 a.m. I North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission meets, Wildlife Resources
Commission Headquarters Conference Room, 1751 Varsity Drive, NCSU Centennial
Campus, Raleigh. Contact: Patricia Smith, 252-726-7021.
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8:30 a.m. I The Fund Development and Communications Committee of The North Carolini�
Partnership for Children, Inc. meet, 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne
Huntley, 919-821-9573.
11 a.m. I The Executive Committee of The North Carolina Partnership for Children meets,
1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573.
1:30 p.m. I The Accountability Committee of The North Carolina Partnership for Childrer
meets, 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573.
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10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules
Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh.
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9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room,
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
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a.m. I EnvironmentalManagement r rmeets,r f Floor
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
12:30 • The NC PesticideBoard meets,• - Building
Fairgrounds,Raleigh.
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• TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888-
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• TBD I The NC Wildlife Resources Commission meets, 1751 Varsity Dr., Raleigh.
Rules Review CommissionAdministrative • office,
Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh.
♦ ..m. I Environmental Managementi •n meets, Ground Floor
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
♦ a.m. I EnvironmentalManagement i •meets,r • Floor
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
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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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1 p.m. I Gov. Roy Cooper visits Columbus Career and College Academy and view
Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts, Columbus Career and College Academy, 685
Academy St., Fair Bluff.
7:45 p.m. I Gov. Roy Cooper visits First Baptist Homes and view Hurricane Matthew
recovery efforts, First Baptist Homes, 40 Marion Road, Lumberton.
TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Young Bankers Conference, Crowne Plaza Asheville
Resort, Asheville.
Cancer Research Breakfast ACS CAN, Conference Rooms B and C,
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Contact Ray Riordan at ray. [e-mail].
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.
TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Women in Banking Conference, Renaissan"-'
Charlotte Southpark, 5501 Carnegie Blvd., Charlotte. I
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