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• Rand resigning from the N.C. Senate

  One of the state's most powerful lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, will resign before the end of the year, according to this report. 5:35 p.m. update: The report also indicates Rand will become chairman of the state Parole Board. His Republican counterpart, Sen. Phil Berger,... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

• Takeaway from election night: Obama now owns the economy

  The Washington Post has a decent recap of yesterday's elections. One important takeaway: the coalition that Obama built in 2008 is now mostly eroded. Whether it will stay that way is another question. Equally important, though, is that Obama now... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:22pm EST
  

• The tax man cometh

  The Triad Business Journal has a gritty example of the tax man hurting small business and - yes - costing jobs. Jim and Tammy Webster, owners of a graphic design company in Winston-Salem, were the targets of an audit four years ago that ended up... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:49pm EST
  

• About those jobs created or saved ...

  How has "creating or saving jobs" been working out for Obama and the stimulus plan? The Wall Street Journal reports on how a shoe store owner "saved" nine jobs with just short of $900: How did... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:45am EST
  

• The strangeness of the the ballot in NY 23

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:33am EST
  

• Powell out at the N&O

  Dwane Powell, the News & Observer's political cartoonist for the past 35 years, is out. That leaves just one full-time political cartoonist - Kevin Siers in Charlotte - at a daily newspaper in North... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:45am EST
  

• New Carolina Journal Online features

  The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features David Bass' report on highlights from North Carolina's election results. John Hood's Daily Journal offers his own... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:25am EST