The Easley administration Tuesday fired Debbie Crane, the state official who handled News & Observer reporters' requests for information as they worked on a series about mental health. Watch an interview with Crane and excerpts from Gov. Mike Easley's press conference on mental health reform.
(Staff video by Travis Long and Scott Sharpe)
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Debbie Crane, N.C. Department of Health and Human Service's public affairs director who was fired Tuesday, alleges that Gov. Mike Easley's press office has a policy to delete email correspondence to his office. Her contention, if true, show's a violation of the state's public records law.
(Staff video by Travis Long)
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