February 12, 2012
RALEIGH — When Rep. Dale Folwell worked on controversial topics such as workers’ compensation reform and immigration policy last year, he aggravated more than a few constituents.“It was a very volatile year for me as an elected official......
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January 27, 2012
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue stepped away from a bruising re-election battle Thursday, roiling North Carolina’s political waters and sparking a scramble among Democrats to replace their party’s statewide standard-bearer.
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January 26, 2012
U.S. Rep. Brad Miller said Wednesday he will not seek another term in the U.S. House because he does not want to face another Democratic veteran in this spring’s primary.Miller, 58, a Democrat first elected to Congress in 2002, lives in Raleigh but...
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North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue will not seek a second term in office, her campaign announced this morning. The statement from Perdue, 65, confirms rumors that have been swirling since early this morning.
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January 20, 2012
RALEIGH – The three-judge panel charged with deciding whether the state’s newly drawn legislative and Congressional maps are legal refused this afternoon to delay the state’s elections.
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January 5, 2012
RALEIGH — House Republicans used a hastily called 12:45 a.m. session Thursday to override a gubernatorial veto and score a political victory against the state’s teacher’s union.The action outraged Democrats, who said neither they nor vot...
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RALEIGH — House Republicans blinked in one legislative showdown with Gov. Bev Perdue over a death penalty measure but were brewing a measure of political payback late Wednesday night.
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December 25, 2011
RALEIGH — A series of showdowns between the Republican-led General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue set the tone for North Carolina’s political year in 2011, but they didn’t completely dominate the discussion.
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December 5, 2011
GREENSBORO — Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said this morning at the N.C. Farm Bureau's annual convention that he will run for a third term as the state's top farmer."I wanted to do this here, at home," said Troxler, 59, who still...
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November 28, 2011
RALEIGH — The state Senate slammed the door tonight on efforts by House lawmakers to prevent North Carolina’s gas tax from rising on Jan. 1. North Carolina’s gas tax, which changes every six months based on the wholesale price of fuel, i...
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November 14, 2011
HIGH POINT — A Florida company wants to build a 90-bed mental hospital in High Point as part of the effort to replace the Raleigh’s Dorthea Dix campus.
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November 13, 2011
HIGH POINT — As U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan strode into a furniture showroom this fall, there was little doubt the first-term Democrat was in her element.“I’ve always been a big fan of the market,” Hagan told Matthew Briggs , CEO of Four...
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October 30, 2011
RALEIGH — When lawmakers completed the bulk of their work this summer, Sen. Phil Berger was sure North Carolina was on a new course. Republicans, who for the time since the 1800s controlled both the House and Senate, ticked off a list of accomplishm...
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October 19, 2011
GREENSBORO — Just before 9 a.m., members of the president’s press pool were ready to move, with the exception of two local reporters who needed to be schooled on etiquette.“Stay with the group,” a Secret Service agent told us. When...
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October 18, 2011
News & Record staff writer Mark Binker is in the media pool traveling with President Barack Obama. This story is compiled from reports he is filing. Staff photographer Lynn Hey is also in the media pool.
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GREENSBORO — Mayor Bill Knight and his re-election challenger, Councilman Robbie Perkins , unleashed some of the fiercest barbs of their campaign during a debate Monday night sponsored by the News & Record, News 14 Carolina and the Greensboro Ne...
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October 16, 2011
JAMESTOWN — The Tuesday special at the Fresh Manna Cafe next week will be pot roast, and owner Marcia Devlin hopes President Barack Obama will stop by and try some while he’s in town.
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October 15, 2011
HIGH POINT — County Commissioner Melvin “Skip” Alston used a brief set of remarks at the North Carolina NAACP state convention Friday to blast the tea party as a racist movement.Alston was introducing Gov. Bev Perdue and talking about wh...
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October 12, 2011
GREENSBORO — Mayor Bill Knight will defend his seat against Councilman Robbie Perkins in the November general election after the pair outdistanced former Councilman Tom Phillips in Tuesday’s primary. Perkins led the five-way primary with 48...
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GREENSBORO — What we know: President Barack Obama is coming to North Carolina and Virginia next week as part of a three-day bus tour that will tout his efforts to jump-start the economy.What we’re pretty sure about: Greensboro will play some p...
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October 11, 2011
RALEIGH — The political hangover from a jobs deal that went sour last week hung in the background as state leaders gathered Monday to celebrate the expansion of Honda Aircraft in Greensboro.
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October 10, 2011
RALEIGH — Watching judges sniff, rub, eyeball and taste their way through piles of cheeses, a question arises:
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October 8, 2011
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue said she opposes the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, but she offered her opposition in a winding, low-key statement late Friday afternoon. While the governor said she believes marriage is...
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October 7, 2011
RALEIGH — U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan says her proposal to give corporations a tax break on money they bring to the United States from overseas would create jobs and help break partisan gridlock over economic stimulus plans. Hagan shares lead sponsor status...
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October 2, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM — Paul Ouellette was on vacation in Asheville in November when his boss called with the news: The electronics company where he had worked for the past 17 years was about to close.
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