Ethics complaint filed against NC senator over Duke Energy-backed bill

Charlotte Business Journal: NC WARN has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, contending there is a conflict of interest between his sponsorship of legislation about utility regulation and his law firm’s work for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The complaint, filed Wednesday morning with the N.C. Ethics Commission, raises questions about Blue’s work on behalf of Senate Bill 559 and the work that his law firm, Blue LLP, is doing on 32 condemnation cases in North Carolina for the pipeline.

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