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Fetzer: Unfilled probation jobs are an 'abomination'

bniolet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:50:46 -0500

N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said state residents should be outraged that the administration of Gov. Bev Perdue hasn't filled probation officer jobs.

Fetzer was speaking at a rally in Pittsboro on Thursday, the same day a memorial garden was dedicated to Eve Carson, the slain UNC-Chapel Hill student body president. The men accused of killing her were on probation at the time and received scant, if any supervision.

Probation hiring moving slowly

bniolet — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:20:19 -0500

APPLICANTS WANTED: The state's crippled probation system is now hiring. But it hasn't done much to get out the word about open positions, and nearly all jobs require two years of experience in social work, the military or law enforcement, limiting the applicant pool. (N&O)

Perdue says probation fixes still a priority

bniolet — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:24:41 -0500

IT'S A PRIORITY: Gov. Bev Perdue said that fixing the state's probation system remains high on her to-do list. Perdue was responding to a report in the N&O that showed that a year after the paper highlighted problems with the system, many jobs are still unfilled. (N&O)

Lottery draws dedicated players

bniolet — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:32:56 -0500

KEEP 'EM COMING: A fervent customer base is driving sales at the top lottery retailers. Players have made the lottery a daily or even twice-daily habit. And stores have adapted their operations to serve them. No one surveys the lottery's customer base, so it has been difficult to say who is buying $1.4 billion worth of lottery tickets a year. (N&O)

Berger: Dems have been at the helm

markjohnson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:52:42 -0400

Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger fires off the traditional Republican criticisms of the Democrats running the state as taxing too much, spending too much and holding office too long.

Senate votes for probation reform

bniolet — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:03:19 -0400

A bill that would give probation officers access to juvenile court records and broader leeway in doing warrantless searches sailed through the state Senate with little discussion.

How much has Perdue revealed?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:47:49 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue has given a taste of her budget.

In the past week, Perdue has declared she will increase per-pupil spending, boost pro-business initiatives, expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and spend more on parole and probation, among other things.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:30:29 -0500

* Cigar-smoking restaurateur says he has no regrets about opening two smoke-free places in Fayetteville, though one customer wanted to fight.

* WUNC reporter Laura Leslie notes that Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton's daughter, Elizabeth, has been a registered lobbyist for eight years.

Overcrowding could mean lighter sentences

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:43:26 -0500

Overcrowding at state prisons could lead to lighter sentences for some crimes.

The latest projections show that in the fiscal year that begins July 1, the state will not have space for nearly 2,300 inmates — the equivalent of two new prisons.

But state legislators do not have the time or money to build more cells. They already face a $2 billion budget deficit, and it takes more than a year to build a prison.

Bill would expand probation searches

bniolet — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:14:26 -0500

House and Senate Republicans touted a bill Tuesday that would allow all law enforcement officers to conduct a warrantless search on any probationer.

The bill is in response to a series in The News & Observer that found that the state's probation system frequently lost track of its charges. One story reported that a probation officer was disciplined for conducting a search on a probationer who was living in another county.