November 4, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand is leaving the North Carolina legislature to lead the state parole commission.Gov. Bev Perdue announced Wednesday that Rand will head the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission by early next ye...
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November 2, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The foundation managing half of North Carolina's share of the national tobacco settlement violated open meetings laws and could be better protected from investment risk and political influence, State Auditor Beth Wood's office said Mo...
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October 29, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The personal attorney for former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has made an unusual request to the State Board of Elections — please send Easley's case to prosecutors if necessary. Thomas Hicks gave closing statements Thu...
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October 26, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — A political ally of former Gov. Mike Easley testified Monday at a State Board of Elections hearing investigating Easley campaign finances that he provided scores of unreported campaign-related flights to Easley valued at nearly $88,00...
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October 23, 2009
RALEIGH — Former N.C. Gov. Mike Easley's campaign finances go under the microscope Monday when state election officials begin to scrutinize his election efforts and money from the state Democratic Party.
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October 1, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue on Thursday expanded a narrow state worker gift ban to include all employees under her control in response to news that dozens of Division of Motor Vehicles staff likely received meals and tickets from an out...
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September 30, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign records will be scrutinized in a public hearing to determine whether Easley's campaign committee violated the law, the State Board of Elections announced Wednesday. Board director Gary Bartlett said...
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September 29, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State Treasurer Janet Cowell released new rules Tuesday governing travel reimbursements for employees who visit companies through which North Carolina's public pension funds invest money.
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September 22, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Leaders of a new conservative-leaning political organization based in North Carolina unveiled a TV commercial Monday that it hopes will be the first of many designed to influence state and local politics nationwide. Wake Up America al...
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September 18, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's community college system voted today to admit illegal immigrants at its campuses next year, a move unlikely to bring an immediate surge in undocumented students given a requirement that they pay higher tuition. The St...
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September 16, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Two state environmental engineers have been called to testify before a federal grand jury this week, including one who examined the permit for a development where then-Gov. Mike Easley bought some land in 2005. Federal prosecutors in...
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September 9, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House Speaker Joe Hackney has asked a legislative ethics panel to examine "irregularities" in a colleague's campaign finance reports. Hackney said Wednesday he wants the Legislative Ethics Committee to...
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August 27, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A more generous tax credit signed by Gov. Beverly Perdue should help return more lights, cameras and action to North Carolina with more movie and television deals — and ultimately more jobs, state film boosters said Thursd...
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July 31, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - House and Senate Democrats completed a tentative budget agreement for the next two years Friday evening, almost a month after a plan to run North Carolina state government was supposed to be in place. Lawmakers said they had wrapped u...
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July 23, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The string that tied together a $982 million tax agreement at the Legislature showed signs of fraying today when Gov. Beverly Perdue told legislative leaders she won't support an across-the-board income tax surcharge.The 2 percent sur...
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July 16, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Former House Speaker Jim Black will have to spend at least another year or so behind bars after a judge said today that he must serve out a state sentence on a bribery count even if his federal sentence is reduced very soon.
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July 15, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The General Assembly worked out Wednesday a stopgap spending measure to keep state government operating for another two weeks because a final budget remains out of reach. Gov. Beverly Perdue quickly signed the measure. Democratic lead...
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July 14, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The House gave tentative approval Tuesday to creating a legal procedure its supporters argue would ensure people are removed from North Carolina's death row if race was a factor in putting them there. The legislation, narrowly endorse...
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July 8, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue has replaced an order signed by her predecessor reinforcing that most e-mails sent or received by executive-branch employees can't be immediately deleted so they can be preserved to comply with public records laws.
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RALEIGH (AP) — People and media organizations that successfully sue North Carolina governments for public records would be more likely to recover their legal fees under legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel.The bill, recommended by the Hou...
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July 6, 2009
The decade-long effort to overhaul North Carolina's tax system finally has some legs this year, but will they weaken if a budget stalemate drags on? Taxes are the central debate that delayed passage of the state's $18 billion-plus budget before the new fi...
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North Carolina could have saved up to $226 million if regulators had acted more quickly to contain costs in a program that provides non-medical care for mental health patients living at home, a legislative watchdog agency said Monday. The report from the...
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July 1, 2009
RALEIGH — City and county lobbyists argued Wednesday that a proposal to create a state office to handle open government disputes and a change in how legal fees are awarded could further delay the release of documents. The Open Government Unit w...
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June 24, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's tax office finally has some good news for lawmakers assembling an austere spending plan following a year of dwindling tax collections. The Department of Revenue said Wednesday it can bring in an additional $150 millio...
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June 23, 2009
RALEIGH — The General Assembly has narrowly voted to require all North Carolina public school districts to set forth bullying rules that identify potential targets, including gays and lesbians. Gov. Bev Perdue's office also said Tuesday she probably...
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