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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering two regulatory changes that would drastically alter the market for combustible tobacco products. With its proposed very low nicotine (VLN) standard,…
That’s how attorney Margaret A. Little characterizes the likely outcome of a lawsuit brought by a group of state attorneys general against the pharmaceutical industry. In a recent post at the Law…
A friend passes along this interesting Pro Publica article on the fallout from the historic 1998 tobacco settlement to help states pay for the health care costs of smoking. Long…
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory recommends no tax increase in his first budget plan, a stark contrast to the most recent proposals from predecessor Beverly Perdue. That’s one of the…
I’ll give the N&R credit for a somewhat balanced editorial on the “cash cow called Golden LEAF.” But in the end: While the process has been less than perfect, focusing…
The lead editorial in today’s News & Observer goes to bat for Golden LEAF, the largest political slush fund in North Carolina history. As an editorial in the March Carolina…
Rick Henderson’s latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive highlights a 2003 memo from a legislative staffer that suggests lawmakers could have dissolved the Golden LEAF and two other tobacco settlement trust…
Civitas announced a top-ten list for wasteful projects funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation. The foundation annually disburses at least $80 million it receives from the state as part of…
The Golden LEAF Foundation, established by the General Assembly to use tobacco settlement bucks to finance rural economic development, gave UNC Public Television $300,000 over two years. In return, six…
Click play below for Bruce Yandle‘s presentation on the application of the Baptists and bootleggers concept to the national tobacco settlement.
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Rick Henderson’s report on the close ties between former Gov. Mike Easley and the Golden LEAF board that oversees much of the spending…
In his column today, Sheldon Richman argues that what Obama wants is not competition in health insurance, but a cartel subject to federal control. Good point. Just as Big Tobacco…