Charlotte Observer: North Carolina's Republican-led legislature imposed a one-year moratorium on local environmental rules, fired a key state commission and might have given Duke Energy a break on cleanup of coal ash contamination.
But environmental advocates and local officials say the legislative session that ended Friday could have done worse damage to their causes.
And Gov. Pat McCrory said last week that he's considering vetoing a wide-ranging regulatory reform bill still on his desk, although it's unclear...