News Articles
Agency wants to put the Triangle in movies
Jim Wise
Aug 31st, 2010
Two Durham video producers are out to lure more movie business to the Triangle with a new agency to be fully operating by the middle of September.
Justice Orr debates targeted economic incentives in Alamance County
Elizabeth Lincicome
Aug 31st, 2010
On Tuesday, August 31 Justice Robert F. Orr participated in a debate on targeted economic incentives hosted by the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce.
The race is not necessarily to the swift
Nelda Holder
Aug 31st, 2010
It was a day of high politics in downtown Asheville, featuring a rare meeting of the State Board of Elections far afield from its Raleigh headquarters. And with election season looming, the Aug. 24 agenda included a local judicial issue with statewide implications as well as the high-profile question of financial-reporting discrepancies by Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign.
State Board of Elections opts not to combine two races for Buncombe County Superior Court seats
Nelda Holder
Aug 26th, 2010
There will be two separate ballot listings — not one — this November for two vacancies for Buncombe County District 28 Superior Court judgeships. A controversy over the ballot format was decided this afternoon by the State Board of Elections, which met in Asheville.
NCICL wins in Buncombe County judicial election case
Mitch Kokai
Aug 25th, 2010
On Tuesday, the State Board of Elections unanimously agreed with the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law and its client, District Court Judge Marvin Pope, voting to hold two separate elections for the two vacant superior court judge seats in Buncombe county.
Let a Little Light in: Luring in firms is everyone's business
Opinion Piece
Aug 25th, 2010
(Reprinted in the Myrtle Beach Sun News) State officials always have insisted that they have to do economic development deals in secret, lest they scare off would-be investors and hurt our chances against other states. In fact, it's only in recent years that we've been able to pry loose details of how much we've spent luring companies to our state after we've closed the deals.
SBI to conduct nationwide search for lab director
Bruce Mildwurf
Aug 20th, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. —The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation will launch a national search for a new crime lab director, the state Department of Justice said Friday.
NACA lowers its Charlotte investment
Rick Rothacker
Aug 18th, 2010
In June 2009, N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue and other officials came to Charlotte for a much-needed economic development announcement. The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, a Boston-based foreclosure prevention specialist, planned to hire 1,014 new workers in Charlotte over five years and spend $4 million on the expansion. In return, NACA would be eligible for up to $1 million in state job-creation incentives, plus on-the-job training grants.
Secrecy drives up cost of economic development
Opinion Piece
Aug 17th, 2010
STATE OFFICIALS always have insisted that they have to do economic development deals in secret, lest they scare off would-be investors and hurt our chances against other states. In fact, it’s only in recent years that we’ve been able to pry loose details of how much we’ve spent luring companies to our state after we’ve closed the deals.
Justice Orr on PBS's Carolina Business Review
PBS's Carolina Business Review
Aug 16th, 2010
Two of the Carolinas premier pundits discuss the good, bad and ugly about our current Carolina business and policy. Bill Mahoney from the SC Research Authority and former NC Supreme Court Justice and Executive Director of the NC Institute for Constitutional Law, Bob Orr join Chris William this week.