Sunday Roundup
posted at 2009-06-21 18:48 | Last modified 2009-06-21 18:50
Happy Father's Day, everyone! Pickings were on the slim side this weekend...
Catching up
At the N&O, Andy Curliss has the latest installment in the Easley scandal. A former colleague of Mary Easley's at NCSU says the former first lady often talked about "calling in favors" from companies who profited from the state's largess. Not good. That's here.
The AP’s Gary Robertson wraps up last week’s very interesting House medical marijuana hearing.
At the Fay-O, Paul Woolverton recaps Thursday’s Senate fight over big-game bullets.
And Charlotte's Jim Morrill posted on Friday’s announcement that former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot is giving a $1M gift to UNC.
Looking ahead
Greensboro's Mark Binker writes on Hagan’s “reticence” about a public option in the federal health care reform plan.
In Raleigh Monday morning, a marker will be unveiled commemorating victims of the state’s eugenics program. James Romoser has the details.
The FDIC shut down Wilmington’s Cooperative Bank Friday night. The Wilmington Star-News’s Shannan Bowen explains what’s next.
And the SoPines Pilot's Hunter Chase looks at local involvement in the push for annexation reform.
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