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3493
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Because of the William S. Lee Quality Jobs and Business Expansion Act, the state is more competitive with other states in industrial development. The act includes tax credits for companies creating new jobs and engaging in product research.
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3584
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Aggressive legislation improved water and air quality over the last twenty-five years so that it now exceeds or meets strict Federal standards. To achieve even greater results, more serious attention needs to be given to non-point source pollution.
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3833
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Martin Lancaster was appointed president of the North Carolina Community College System in 1997. His background as a state representative and U.S. Congressman provides good experience in dealing with the General Assembly in matters of funding to improve the system's out-dated equipment and to boost teacher salaries.
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3835
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After years of taking a conservative approach to offering business incentives to relocating companies, and losing out to other states in competing for Mercedes and Motorola, the state is now into incentives in a big way. Some $133 million brought Federal Express to Greensboro and $152 million encouraged Nucor to build a steel mill in Hertford County.
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3869
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North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. The company has been ranked in the top ten African-American businesses nationally and has over $10 billion in insurance in force.
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4049
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Believing it is better to spend a little money now than a great deal later, the General Assembly created the Clean Water Trust Management Fund in 1996. It is independently run and funded yearly; it grants monies to local governments and nonprofit conservation groups that seek to protect the state's water resources. To date, $92.5 million has been given out. A list of projects funded is included.
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4050
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Wisconsin Tissue, a subsidiary of Richmond, Virginia-based Chesapeake Corporation, will build a $160 million paper plant in Halifax County. The new plant will produce napkins, place mats, and paper towels. Initially employment will be 155 and 800 when the plant becomes fully operational. The county is one of the state's thirteen most economically distressed.
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In August 1999, Richmond County native Henry E. Frye was named the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Frye was appointed an associate justice in 1983 by Governor James B. Hunt and was elected to eight-year terms in 1984 and 1992. He was also the first African-American elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
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4363
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Over strong protests from businesses, the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly enacted major changes in laws affecting the state's HMOs. The changes include requiring health plans to cover the cost of birth control pills and pregnancy-prevention devices; to provide patient access to and payment for non-formulary drugs; and to pay for bone mass measurement tests for early detection of osteoporosis.
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4406
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In December 1989, Phil Kirk became president and secretary of the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry (NCCBI) as well as publisher of NORTH CAROLINA magazine. Kirk discusses some of his successes over the past decade as well as his plans for the organization.
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The number of women golfers is increasing statewide. However, a survey of fourteen women members of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel indicates that a number of women do not feel welcome at golf clubs. They find it difficult in getting a Saturday tee time and in getting a sandwich in the \"men's\" grill. Locker rooms are not always equal to men's, and awkward red tee placements make it difficult to reach the greens without going into front bunkers.
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4873
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James Baxter Hunt, Jr., has been governor of North Carolina for four terms. In an interview with Tuttle, Hunt looks back over his sixteen years as governor, the longest anyone has served in that position, and looks forward to his future after January 2001.
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4913
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Mike Easley, elected governor of North Carolina on November 2000, grew up on a Nash County tobacco farm along with six siblings. He earned a law degree in 1976 and six years later was elected district attorney in Brunswick, Bladen, and Columbus Counties. In 1990, he ran for statewide office; he lost. In 1992, he was elected North Carolina Attorney General and served two terms. In January 2001, he was inaugurated governor.
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4914
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In an interview with Steve Tuttle of NORTH CAROLINA magazine, newly-elected governor Mike Easley shares his thoughts on the Bill Lee Act, economic development in rural counties, educational priorities, and a tight budget.
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4976
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There are fourteen coal-fired power plants in North Carolina, with Carolina Power and Light and Duke Power having seven each. Rules adopted in October 2000 require these plants to emit 69 percent less nitrogen oxide in five years than currently. The challenge in doing this is whether the aging plants can reduce ozone-causing gases and still keep the power flowing.
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