🐔 Tomorrow: @theobserver and @newsobserver investigate NC’s largest agricultural industry. After years of growth, poultry farms now raise more than 1 billion chickens and turkeys a year, generating billions of pounds of untreated waste. #BigPoultry #ncpol #ncag

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The ⁦@NCGOP⁩ seems to have deleted this tweet about the governor marking the anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre. FWIW I reached out to their spokesman to ask why they thought there was something wrong with the governor acknowledging the anniversary. No response. #ncpol

In March I FOIA'd for complaints against Night Hawk, which by then had received several million dollars from Durham County taxpayers. I got them months later - after commissioners approved a $4.1 million contract. Here's what commissioners didn't know:

Exclusive: Durham County pays millions for security contractor despite dozens of complaints

The NC Supreme Court sped up political cases in 2014 with little controversy. This year it's a different story, @will_doran & @carlibrosseau report.

Former NC Court of Appeals judge Doug McCullough, who was on the bench for most of the 2000s and 2010s, has died, reports former #ncpol Supreme Court justice Bob Edmunds in a tribute to his friend https://t.co/A9eC76OUDP

There’s only one contested local race in Durham this November. Here’s who’s running. @maryhelenmoore reports.

NC sheriff resigns as DA sets up to present evidence for removing him from office, @carlibrosseau reports.

A good detail from @dankanenando, illustrating how some gun "thefts" are really black market sales 1. "North Carolina, like many states, does not require gun owners to report thefts" 2. "states that require reporting show a reduction in gun trafficking" https://t.co/IetcKtor0A

In the past decade, the #NCGA has loosened restrictions on who can get guns and where they can be carried. How's that playing out? A bill sponsor has an interesting answer. #ncpol

Suspended after racist comments, NC sheriff sticks with re-election campaigning, @carlibrosseau reports.

Shooting victim James Thompson: Laid-back youth who found his place on basketball court. @MarthaQuillin reports.

At sunrise, a familiar Raleigh neighborhood wakes to a tragedy. @joshshaffer08 & @skyoutbriout report.

Live updates of Raleigh shooting: Police identify 5 victims, including off-duty officer. @kristensuzettee reports.

Police officer, others shot to death in northeastern Raleigh. Shooter remains at large.

Beyond the headlines: Most companies that get NC incentives miss job, investment goals. @skyoutbriout reports.

Walmart rescinds its miscarriage drug policy after pharmacy board says it misread laws, @teddyrosenbluth reports.

NC rapper, 2nd man got life for killing 9-year-old boy. Why the 3rd defendant didn’t. @virginiabridges reports.

Members of congress call on Walmart pharmacy to rescind its NC miscarriage drug policy, @teddyrosenbluth reports. She first exposed this policy.