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STATE GOVERN:MENT NEWS S:ERVICE
"Given the choice between the people or the legislature selecting judges, I'll go with the people
every time."
Gov. Roy Cooper, on the selection of the judiciary.
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Lobbyist Investigation
Investigators with theSecretary of State's office are looking into allegations that a Raleigh
attorney lobbied for several companies in the bail bonds industry without properly registering as
lobbyist.
Search warrants released last week detail an investigation into whether Mark Bibbs committed
lobbying violations in 2016 on behalf of N.C. Bail Academy, Rockford -Cohen Group, All American
Bail Bonds and Cannon Surety. A complaint about Bibbs' activities was filed by Robert Brawley, al
former state legislator and Republican candidate for governor who is a partner in the Cannon
Surety business. Brawley says Bibbs wasn't authorized to lobby for the business, but another
person representing the business said he'd hired Bibbs.
Reached by the Insider last week, Blibbs referred questions to his attorney, Rusty DeMent. DeMe r i
said he would make a statement about the case but had not done so by Friday afternoon. In
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Judges •
Gov. Roy Cooper• about the discussion going on - Assembly about
changing•'judges1-' to the bench in Northeither throughi • of
districts used to elect judgesor abandoning - election systemfor appointment process. This
week, Rep. 3ustin Burr, R-Stanly, opened a House judiciary redistricting committee meeting with
the current maps used for electing judges1 district • around
there was more discussion about changing howjudges• 'n than about the first sweeping
overhaul of .f 62 years.
For i.st several mi Burr has been • the state presenting his plans•changing
electionthe districts,f Democrats be drawn goal of putting more
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Republicans on bench. Burr says they• f correct piecemeal . • - over the years
i make the courtsmore
While that has been going on, Jim Blaine, chief of staff for Senate leader Phil Berger, R-
Rockingham, has been talking with judges and others about a different idea -- a state
constitutional amendmentadopted by •ters, would turn over the appointment of •1"
to a select few. The details of •w such a system would worknot been presented to the
public. - Mark Martin, a Republican,also proposed 1 the voters
the state should appoint f 1 eor • to electNearly a d of adopted what is described ."assisted appointment" to select
courtsjudges, but the models vary from state to state as to who makes the appointments and to which
- system applies. In some- 1ilegislatorsplay a key role in
appointments. In other states, the governor does. Some• •
"Given the choice between the people or ■ r judges, its with the people
every time," Cooper said in a statement Thursday night sent in response to a question from The
News i Observer.II • 1 power over dI and this attemptto
change howjudges put on bench is just the legislature's• 1 the courts.
After the courts have overturned more than a dozen of their unconstitutional laws, allowing
legislators to influence the selection of judges is not in the best interest of North Carolinians."
Burr has scheduled . Tuesday meeting for furtherdiscussion on ficial maps. The lawmaker and
bail bondsman. f he thought.r . proposed amendment • the state
Constitution could move forward on parallel tracks.(Anne Blythe, THE NEWS & OBSERVER,
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hearing about overpayments fi -ars. "What strikes me is that so much time had gone by
hopefulwithout anyone catching the errors," she said.
The goal is to have reasonable repayment periods when errors are found, Watkins said. "I'm
• 1 forward we won'tthese types of errors,"said Watkins,who sees more
emphasisstate government on accountability and following up on • Shuford was surprisei#
with the news • - office because she saw her disability checks getting
with Social Security increases. "I'm very careful with my figures," she said.(Lynn Bonner, THE
NEWS & •B•
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Chemical Questions
Residents • live nearthe Chemours plant in BladeBladen Countygot someof - questions
answered Thursday about potentially • a in groundwater but
state officials acknowledged that notr • about the compounds.Officials fromthe stat
residentsDepartment of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services held a
information session about the chemicals -- GenX and C8. They talked briefly, then split up so
• r ask questions individually.
State officials say about 40 residences are eligible f• - - people signed up at t
meeting tohave their wells tested.others outside indicated an interest in
havingtheir- - - • - question - officials couldn't- - potentialhealth
effects of the chemicals. Mark Benton, deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human
said there is a limited amount of • •n about the chemicals.official
wanted to speak to the residentsone-on-one.
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3ulie Woosley, the hazardous waste section chief in the Department of Environmental Quality's
Division of Waste Management, said C8 and GenX are in a group of manmade "emerging
contaminants."
"We it have a lot of information about themshe said. "We haven't even identified all of them
Woosley said results from test on private wells will be helpful to state officials who are trying
to determine if the chemicals are present outside the Chemours property.
Sheila Holman, the Department of Environmental Quality's assistant secretary for the
environment, said the state will take the needed steps, including potential legal action, if the
chemicals are discovered in private wells. Chemours officials have indicated that the company is
offering bottled water to residents who live within a mile of the plant, state officials said.(Steve
DeVane, THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 9/15/17).
Community College President
The North Carolina Community College System needs a new president, and the search could point
close to home. On Friday, Scott Shook, the chairman of the system's governing board, said a
search committee would soon be appointed and it probably won't be using a consulting firm.
Search consultants are often hired to attract and screen a field of national candidates for executive
positions in higher education.
The system is on the hunt for the next president after the abrupt departure of 3immie Williamson,
whose resignation was announced 3uly 31 and takes effect at the end of this month. There was no
reason given for Williamson stepping down after only a year on the job. He had come from South
Carolina, where he had been president of the state's technical college system for two years and
had previously led two community colleges there.
The system's chief of staff and former chief financial officer, 3ennifer Haygood, will serve as acting
president starting Oct. 1. On Friday, the board voted to raise Haygood's pay from $191,000 to
$270,000 as she takes on the interim role. Williamson was hired at an annual salary of $285,000.
The system is one of the largest in the country. It has 58 colleges that provide a wide range of
basic skills, degree and certificate programs and continuing education classes. In 2016-17, the
system had more than 225,000 full-time equivalent students.(3ane Stancill, THE NEWS &
OBSERVER,
HBCU Support
Rep. Alma Adams said it's merely a coincidence that she's revving up her activity on historically
black colleges and universities next week at the same time President Donald Trump is scaling back
his. "Some spokesperson in the White House made some comment that we were doing this to
outshine the president," Adams said. "That's not the case." Not that Adams is worried about what
the White House thinks. The Charlotte Democrat has emerged as a chief critic of a stalled black
college initiative that Trump launched with great fanfare in February, and she has staked out
space on Capitol Hill as a go -to advocate for the nation's 100-plus historically black colleges and
universities.
Adams was one of the first congressional lawmakers to call for the administration to postpone a
White House conference on black colleges next week, noting last month that Trump hasn't
delivered on promises he made in an HBCU executive order that he signed in February. Trump
vowed to move the HBCU portfolio out of the Department of Education and into the White House
and appoint an executive director to oversee it. No one has yet been named. Adams also noted
that Trump's comment that "both sides" were responsible for August's deadly rally in
Charlottesville, Va., organized by neo-Nazis and white supremacists, would also make some black
college presidents and chancellors uncomfortable at the White House.
The White House initially balked at Adams' postponement call, which was echoed by the
Congressional Black Caucus, the United Negro College Fund, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
and others. Omarosa Manigault-Newman, director of communications for the White House's Office
of Public Liaison, told McClatchy last month that Trump's "commitment to the HBCU community
remains strong and unwavering" and the registration for the conference "is currently at capacity."
But the White House has significantly scaled back an annual gathering of the nation's historically
black colleges presidents and advocates next week after a series of potentially offensive actions by
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Design documents for stadium construction will have additional comments from state construction
officials added to them, and designs • temporary press box will be sent to the construction
manager by Oct. 1, with a guaranteed maximum price returned by Nov. 1, with the hope that
construction can be started before the end of the calendar year, Bagnell said.(Michael Abramowitz,
THE (Greenville) DAILY REFLECTOR, E
Jobless
joblessNorth Carolina's unemployment rate was unchanged in August at 4.1 percent, still the lowest
ost 17 years. TheCommerce-i. - r Friday the jobless
• f after falling from 5 percent of - North Carolina's
unemployment rate was th• • - f- 000. The national unemploymentnumber
4.4 percent in August. The U.S. Bureau of .f•r Statistics says North Carolina- • - of the
country'smost sunemploymentrate declines past year and one of the biggest
numberincreases in the of people r 1 were f •yed North Carolina
workers between 3uly and August. The past year has seen the number of people on payrolls
Island
Shelly
lastedShelly Island may not be an island anymore -- for now. The massive offshore sandbar that gained
national attention -- and a name -- after it formed in the spring has continued to grow until it
connects at low tide to Cape Point, which belongs to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. A stream o;
water maybe 20 feet wide and 6 inches deep flowed between the two land bodies at high tide this
week. It was fun while it -- tourism officials believe it helped increase the numberof visitors
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Oyster Regulations
New oyster harvest regulationsgoing into effect this year lowerdaily commercial1limit '
Shellfish License holders. Harvest of oysters by hand methods from public water bottom will open
at sunrise Oct. 15. Those who hold appropriate commercial fishing licenses may harvest oysters
between sunrise and sunset,Monday r f 1.y each week. For• _ fishing under
maximum of four bushels per vessel. The Marine Fisheries Commission adopted the changes in
February as part of Amendment 4 to the Oyster Fishery Management Plan.(NEWS RELEASE,
commercial Shellfish License, the harvest limit will be reduced to two bushels per person, with a
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• 12 p.m. I Session Convenes (House)
• 12 p.m. I Session Convenes (Senate)
Government
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i:.e" i g.'..: and Hearings
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i•a• of : •rs Committee of •rth Carolina Partnership for
Contact:Children meets, Homewood Suites by Hilton Greensboro, 201 Centreport Dr., Greensbor
• 919-821-9573.
* 12:30 p.m. I The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The North Carolina
Partnership for Children meets,• •od Suites by •n Greensboro201 Centreport
Dr., Greensboro.
• Division of • . public hearing on proposed shellfish
leases in Onslow County,• ••sail Beach Town Center, 2008 LoggerheadCourt,•
TopsailBeach.
• and Audit Committee of •rth Carolina State Ports Authority
meet via - ,.... • ' r the Board Room of • Carolina '.. Building, 2202
Burnett Boulevard, Wilmington.
10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules
Review Commission Room,•pe Church Road, Raleigh.
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• r. DMV holdspublic 1 on • fees foradministrative review request
3ohn Chavis Media Center, 505 Martin Luther King 3r. Blvd., Raleigh. Written comments w
be accepted at the public - • and online at f• .g r• -• .' • i g
Oct.1
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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 Division of -ries' Wilmington District Office,
North CardinalDr. Extension,• r
TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888-
6-41,'
9 a.m. I North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission meets, Wildlife Resources
Commission Headquarters Conference Room, 1751 Varsity Drive, NCSU Centennial
Raleigh.• Patricia• 0
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8:30 The Fund Development • Communications Committee• - North Carolini
Partnership for Children, Inc. meet, 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne
919-821-9573.
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Committee11 a.m. I The Executive of •rth Carolina Partnership for Children
1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573.
I! Accountability C•mmittee of The North CarolinaPartnership for Childrer
meets, 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573.
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♦ ..m. I Environmental Managementi • - Ground Floor Hearing ■iiI
Archdale Building, 512 N. SalisburyRaleigh.
•' ..m. I Environmental Managementi •n meets, Ground Floor
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
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!' Pesticide Board meets, Gov.. ' .I Building
Fairgrounds, Raleigh.
• TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888-
8 8i
• 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.
♦ ..m. I Environmental Management• •n meets, Ground Floor
Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
♦ ..m. I Environmental Management• •n meets, Ground Floor
Archdaled 1 Raleigh.
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• Staff Conference
• Staff Conference
• Staff Conference
• Staff Conference
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* Staff Conference
* Staff Conference
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Cafeteria Dr., Raleigh.
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TBD I The NC BankersAssociation h• i Young Bankers i ' ' Crowne Plaza Asheville
Resort, Asheville.
7:30 a.m. I Cancer Research Breakfast ACS CAN, Rooms iand
ForestComprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Baptist'• •
Contact ■ Riordan at ray. ri• i. @• •'
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 BankersAssociation h• i Women in Banking i - Renaissanm-
Charlotte Southpark,Carnegie
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