Clinton And Obama Rally In Charlotte; Trump In Raleigh
Democratic governor candidate Roy Cooper and U.S. Senate hopeful Deborah Ross are looking to build momentum when they join fellow party members at the joint appearance of President Barack Obama and presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for a rally in Charlotte.
The rally is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the Charlotte Convention Center. Cooper and Ross are scheduled to speak, as is 12th Congressional District Rep. Alma Adams.
A few hours later, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans a rally at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Focus Turns To McCrory As Legislature Leaves Bills For Him
North Carolina General Assembly worked a marathon week to complete its 2016 work session so lawmakers could go home to their districts by the July Fourth holiday.
Now it's time for Gov. Pat McCrory to evaluate the results.
Both the House and Senate adjourned late Friday after passing a tweak to the controversial LGBT law they approved in March that would ensure workers can sue in state court for discriminatory termination. But they also sent lots of other legislation to McCrory. He has until the end of the month to sign the roughly 50 bills on his desk or veto them. Otherwise, they become law without his signature.
Greensboro Water Finds Source Of Chemical After 2-Year Hunt
Officials in Greensboro have stopped using a chemical in the city's water that experts are studying to see if it poses a health threat.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports the city has been studying for two years how trace amounts of chromium-6 got into the water supply.
Water Supply Manager Barry Parsons told the newspaper that they tested water at different stages of the treatment process and figured out the chemical was introduced within an additive that controls the acidity of the water.
Parsons says the levels of chromium-6 were within safety limits and never threatened anyone's health. But he is glad to switch to a different additive.
Experts say chromium-6 is a known carcinogen when inhaled, but its danger hasn't been well-established through drinking water.
Former Mocksville Officers Want Reinstatement
Three former Mocksville police officers who won over $4 million in a wrongful-termination lawsuit have filed to get their jobs back. But town officials say that reinstatement would only cause more hostility and disruption.
The officers claimed their First Amendment rights were violated when they were fired in December of 2011. Their jobs were terminated two weeks after they reported allegations of corruption in the department.
A jury awarded the officers $4.1 million in damages after an eight-week trial.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the officers have requested reinstatement in the department, claiming they have been unable to return to law enforcement.
ZeekRewards Founder Heads To Trial Over $900 Million Scam
The founder of North Carolina-based ZeekRewards is going on trial on federal charges related to what government investigators called a $900 million scam that allegedly bilked 1 million people across the United States and abroad.
A jury, expected to be selected Tuesday, will have to decide whether Paul Burks intended to mislead investors five years ago with fanciful promises of 125 percent returns at a time the economy was limping out of the Great Recession.
Burks is charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud in one of the biggest cases of the past decade involving alleged Ponzi schemes. If convicted, Burks could be sentenced to 65 years in prison and fined $1 million. The trial could run four weeks.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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