Hostess jobs lost in North Carolina

By   /  November 26, 2012  /  Media, North Carolina, Video  /  No Comments

It’s all over at the Hostess bakery Rocky Mount North Carolina. Matt Willoughby has the story from the Civitas Institute.

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NC: Hostess already had plans for layoffs in Tar Heel State

By   /  November 16, 2012  /  Business, News, North Carolina, unions  /  Comments Off

The Twinkie maker already had plans to lay off employees in North Carolina.

By Matt Willoughby | Civitas
RALEIGH — Hostess Brand Inc. announced its intention to shut down company operations and stopped all production. It said it would lay off its 18,500 employees, because the union workers failed to report to work by a deadline Thursday.
But Hostess notified the North Carolina Department of Commerce in May it would [...]

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Video: NC health care exchange

By   /  November 15, 2012  /  Federal Government, Health Care, Issues, Media, North Carolina, Video  /  No Comments

North Carolina Gov. Bev Purdue  declare’s the state’s intent to form a state-federal partnership to run a health exchange under the Affordable Care Act.

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Video: Same day voter registration problems in NC

By   /  October 31, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Fraud, Media, North Carolina, Video  /  No Comments

There are questions about same day registration and voting in North Carolina. Matt Willoughby with the Civitas Institute has the story.

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NC: Inactive Tarheel voters pose risk as election nears

By   /  October 26, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Featured, Fraud, Issues, News, North Carolina, Open Records, Politics & Elections, State Government, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration  /  2 Comments

AS IF BY MAGIC: In some North Carolina counties, more than 100 percent of the  voting-age population is registered to vote.

By Jared Sichel | Watchdog.Org
CHARLOTTE — With the upcoming presidential election promising to be a close one, thousands of extra votes in a swing state ain’t pocket change.
In North Carolina alone there are about 782,000 “inactive” voters, many of whom are either dead, living elsewhere, or otherwise unlikely to vote in November. In seven counties, [...]

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