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Home>Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss, Associated Press

Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss, Associated Press

Recent Articles from Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss, Associated Press

NC State News May 15, 2015

Prosecutors: Duke Energy could have avoided Dan River spill

GREENVILLE — As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, federal prosecutors recounted examples where time and again […]

NC State News February 23, 2015

US charges Duke with illegal pollution from 5 coal ash dumps

RALEIGH — Federal prosecutors filed multiple criminal charges against Duke Energy on Friday over years of illegal pollution leaking from coal ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants. The three […]

NC State News January 12, 2015

UPDATED: Group files ethics complaint against NC Gov. McCrory

RALEIGH — Advocacy groups filed ethics complaints Monday against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina over six-figure stock payouts they received while in office from an online mortgage […]

NC State News December 29, 2014

An old plant, tainted land, and worried homeowners

ASHEVILLE — Developer Richard Green had nearly everything in place to build upscale homes on the heavily polluted land next to an old electronic components plant in the mountains outside […]

NC State News December 18, 2014

Analysts question McCrory’s payout disclosure

RALEIGH — Political analysts from both parties said they had concerns Wednesday about whether Gov. Pat McCrory had been forthcoming about payments of more than $185,000 in cash and stock […]

NC State News December 17, 2014

AP: Carolinas politicians get payouts from broker

CHARLOTTE — Soon after taking office, Gov. Pat McCrory and South Carolina U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford  accepted six-figure stock payouts from an online mortgage broker accused by regulators of deceiving […]

NC State News March 18, 2014

Federal grand jury looks into Duke Energy spill

RALEIGH — A federal grand jury was set to convene Tuesday as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 […]

NC State News March 17, 2014

Tweak to NC law protected Duke’s coal ash pits

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy was in a bind. North Carolina regulators had for years allowed the nation’s largest power company to pollute the ground near its plants without penalty. But in early […]

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