COUNTY NC NEWS

NC NEWS -- Representatives Stam and Tillis provide the following list of Republican priorities for the legislative session to begin in January...

NC NEWS -- NC Lions Program will honor Veterans on Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Jack Laughery Park in Rocky Mount NC. Veterans, their families and friends are encouraged to attend momentous event...

NC NEWS -- North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has proclaimed her new initiative to stop Medicaid fraud. However, a similar initiative was introduced in 2003 by Republicans to promote technology to detect Medicaid fraud. Unfortunately, as Lieutenant Governor from 2003-2008, Perdue was culpable in not supporting this technology in SB 985 and the bill was never heard on the Senate Floor. Some estimate that since 2003, possibly a billion dollars of Medicaid fraud, waste and other improper payments have been made in North Carolina. The Republican Bill, if supported by Perdue in 2003 could have help protect these lost funds...

NC NEWS -- SAFEbuilt, one of the nation's leading contract providers of building department services for public agencies, is adding an office in Shallotte, North Carolina. SAFEbuilt provides full-service building department services, building code plan reviews, complete project support and building code inspections for cities, towns, counties and state agencies...

NC NEWS -- The impending release of seven former death row inmates should come as no surprise. As expected, a total of twenty North Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to life in prison will be released on October 29, 2009. Furthermore, Governor Perdue should not be appalled at the expected state Supreme Court ruling. Especially, when she was aware of this impending outcome when she signed the NC Racial Justice Act...

NC NEWS -- Founder and CEO of the Monaghan Group, Beth Monaghan, built her business from the ground up. Now, after thirteen years on the road to success, Beth shares why her company works...

NC NEWS -- North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and his counterparts in National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) have offered the federal government a new proposal to help struggling dairy, pork and poultry farmers. The NASDA has proposed yet another electronic benefits transfer (ETB) card to purchase pork and dairy products. However, adding an additional EBT Card will increase both state and federal SNAP adminisrtative expenditures...

NC NEWS -- The NC Board of Community Colleges has changed its policy to allow illegal aliens to attend its degree programs. However students would be required to pay out-of-state tuition. In adopting this policy the Board ignored and defied the people of NC and Governor Perdue. Polling has consistently indicated a large majority in this state reject educational benefits to illegal aliens. Governor Perdue expressed her opposition as recently as last week...

NC NEWS -- Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator North Carolina, has selected Ken Tutterow as a "2009 Angel in Adoption" for his outstanding advocacy of adoption and foster care issues. After nearly 30 years of unselfish contribution, Tutterow is being honored for his service to children in need of families through his work with Children's Home Society of North Carolina...