The North Carolina Legislature decisively overrode a gubernatorial veto to enact “a bill aimed at discouraging undercover investigations of farm and workplace conditions,” reports the Charlotte Observer. “The bill will create a recourse in civil court for business owners to sue employees who use their positions to secretly take photographs or shoot video in their workplace.” Opponents called the measure an “ag gag” bill aimed at animal-welfare groups.” The Humane Society of the United States spent $50,000 on a TV ad campaign against the law. The Observer quoted the sponsor of the bill as saying it was intended to steer whistleblowers to the police and regulatory agencies, “and not the media and not private special interest organizations.”