NC Leaks

03/01/2022

self-dealing, conflict of interest; charter schools, ordered closed; fiscal compliance; students harmed; special education

03/01/2022

Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell isn't following county policy when spending taxpayer money.

"In their response to this investigative report, the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff’s Office) made several statements that may obscure the issue, mislead the reader, and minimize the
importance of OSA’s finding and recommendations. To ensure complete and accurate information, OSA offers the following clarifications..."

01/17/2022

As drug overdose deaths hit record numbers, addiction experts say lawmakers should be spending money on established programs providing evidence-based treatment.

01/17/2022

how do you justify sending $10mil of NC taxpayers funds to a church operated by a convicted felon who embezzled $1 million from a company? Taxpayers want our money back.

SHERIDAN — Judge William Edelman of 4th Judicial District Court heard testimony from investigators, victims and character witnesses Thursday before sentencing Ronald Barnes for felony […]

01/17/2022

NC Leaks attempted to call Greater Hope International. Their voice-mail box is full. They have no email address listed. 910-370-0241.

01/17/2022

Britt approved $10mil on drug rehab funds for a church that has no experience in drug rehab. Robeson County. FIGHT THIS! Contact and demand answers!

Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 -- What is really going on here? Simply put, it is vote-buying with taxpayer dollars. Legislative leaders use these funds to get votes from some reluctant rank-and-file. Powerful legislators use the money to payoff supporters back home - or win support from others.

01/17/2022

Barnes has been convicted and served time for embezzlement. He just got $10mil of YOUR tax dollars from NC legislator Britt.

Pay attention folks: NC politics is funneling your $ to buy votes.

The state allocated $10 million, over two years, for a new treatment center in Robeson County. The allocation comes despite Hope Alive being a relatively young organization without any track record of providing drug treatment.

01/16/2022

https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2022/01/14/epa-launches-civil-rights-inquiry-into-deqs-permitting-of-biogas-systems-on-hog-farms/?fbclid=IwAR3QVRaH20OC1fsRpfE5XalIkJ9Gckyv5TbuQ-sHV1qln3_XeYZXNNsPC5w .A0CzgTJN.dpbs

The Environmental Protection Agency is opening an investigation into whether state regulators violated civil rights law when last spring, they granted permits to four industrialized hog farms that are installing anaerobic digesters to produce biogas for renewable energy. The investigation is in resp...

01/16/2022

Not surprised that EPA has opened an investigation into NCDEQ regarding a "complaint alleging that NC DEQ discriminated against Black, Latino and Native American residents of Duplin and Sampson Counties on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000(d) et seq., and EPA’s nondiscrimination regulation, at 40 C.F.R. Part 7, when on March 31, 2021, NC DEQ issued three (3) individual swine animal waste management system permits and one (1) certificate of coverage, that authorize the construction and operation of anaerobic digestion animal waste treatment systems to produce renewable energy." NC Dept of Environmental Quality Town of Carrboro, NC Damon Seils
NCDEQ, like Carrboro, doesn't have a moral compass. Gross.

01/09/2022

https://www.wral.com/wake-county-deputy-fired-arrested-over-2021-assault-incident/20069375/

The Wake County Sheriff's Office said Friday it has fired a Wake County deputy over an incident that occured in April of 2021.

01/09/2022

https://files.nc.gov/nc-auditor/documents/reports/investigative/INV-2019-0321.pdf?VersionId=QwGc8k7iqa2RNEHMY8AoftHeGLVK2Hyj

01/09/2022

About 40 years ago, Maximus, Inc. helped birth a new industry by finding profit in the minutiae of government aid to the poor: the monetized safety net. In 2018, Type Investigations and Mother Jones amassed the company’s safety net contracts for the prior decade with 44 state and local governments. These contracts cost taxpayers nearly $2.5 billion—and generated controversy for what critics have called unreasonable cost and poor performance.

"State","Federal Program","Amount","Start","End","Signed","Contract Type","Agency","Division","Program details","Safety Net","Service details","Maximus Division","Signed Date","Start Date","End Date","URL","Notes","State Document Number","Column1" "WV","Non-safety net infrastructure (cost allocation...