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Pat McCrory is this year's Republican gubernatorial candidate and while on the campaign trail has met with supporters and protesters alike. McCrory has refused to disclose information about his taxes leading to protests at his campaign stops that include airplane banners and individuals dressed as owls holding signs that say, \"Hoo Pays McCrory?\" Currently polls show McCrory leading Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton by as much as eight points.
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Otterbourg interviews Walter Dalton (Democrat) and Pat McCrory (Republican), candidates for Governor of North Carolina, about their goals for the state and how they would approach important issues that matter to the business community.
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Governor Pat McCrory will announce this week the second group of energy commission appointments. Critics like Jim Warren believe the Governor should not make such decisions based on his 28-year career at Duke Energy. Warren and other clean energy activists believe McCrory's ties with Duke Energy is a conflict of interest in choosing commission members responsible for regulating such big energy corporations.
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Governor McCrory and the Republican governing body in the state refused to cooperate with Obamacare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act. The author examines the state government's decision based on the Governor's biased advisors. He also discusses implications of failing to cooperate with Obamacare and how it will potentially cost the state money and jobs.
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Karl \"Butch\" Bowers Jr. is the attorney representing Governor Pat McCrory in a lawsuit filed against the state. The United States Department of Justice filed charges against the state and governor because of changes to election laws. The article outlines Mr. Bowers' connections with the Republican Party in North and South Carolina and former ties with Duke Energy, all of which present a conflict-of-interest in representing McCrory in the upcoming suit.
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Geary states \"as we're all now aware of our Governor, facts are not central to his narratives.\" He then lists the many falsehoods told by the Governor in 2013 and their toll on jobs in the state.
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A coalition of six media outlets and two non-profits has sued McCrory and the heads of eight state agencies for violating North Carolina's Public Records Act. Those being sued have refused to honor requests for public documents concerning where taxpayers money goes in government.
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Governor McCrory comes under fire as critics argue he does not understand the importance of Medicaid or Medicaid budget expansion.
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Reforming how the state insures the health of its residents can save money and limit budget gaps, Gov. Pat McCrory and lawmakers say. But is North Carolina’s Medicaid program really in need of reform?
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Last Wednesday, Governor McCrory signed a law ending the ability of cities to create their own nondiscrimination measures, eliminating workplace-discrimination lawsuits, forbidding local governments from raising the minimum wage, and codifying anti-LGBT animus into state law. McCrory’s office dispatched a press release in response to backlash. However, it appears that most of the items in the release are false of half-truths.
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The Department of Justice ruled that House Bill 2’s bathroom provision violated the Civil Rights Act and thus put billions of federal dollars at risk. Since then, Governor McCrory and the Department of Justice have sued one another. Now the case is headed to the Supreme Court.
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Every two years, the governor selects a poet to become the next NC Poet Laureate whose job is to teach, judge, counsel, and cheerlead, using poetry to connect people. Governor McCrory recently appointed an unqualified individual to the position causing a backlash from the literary community. Following the uproar, Valerie Macon resigned after only one week on the job. The past four Poet Laureates discuss the importance of the position and have offered to help McCrory select the next Poet Laureate.
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Governor Pat McCrory’s education ideas are explored. The governor has indicated that the universities in North Carolina need reforming and that money should be redistributed to programs that can prove their graduates get jobs. McCrory’s comments and position on education reform have many concerned and may indicate that the governor is not as moderate has he has led many to believe.
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Sixteen months after IndyWeek requested Governor Pat McCrory’s travel records, six months of records were provided by McCrory’s office. McCrory has promised a transparent, ethical, and accountable government, but that does not seem to be reality. The travel records requested are incomplete, but the ones provided are printed in a chart with the date traveled, the destination, the cost of the trip, and the reason for travel.
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has made a number of controversial decisions regarding civil rights, social issues, education, the environment, and transparent governance. This issue of Indy Weekly compiled a list of sixty-six reasons why McCrory should not be re-elected as governor.