February 6, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — A pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new Republican-penned boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move forward, a three-judge panel said today.
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February 2, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge announced Thursday that he will enter the Democratic primary for North Carolina governor, hours after Erskine Bowles decided against it.Etheridge's bid further shakes up the party's gubernatorial fu...
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February 1, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, led the prestigious University of North Carolina system and headed a bipartisan commission that recommended tough choices to reduce the U.S. deficit.
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January 31, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Hours from formally entering the race, Republican candidate Pat McCrory said Monday that the departure of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue from the 2012 gubernatorial campaign won't alter his message of overhauling North Carolina state...
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January 28, 2012
GREENSBORO (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Bill Faison announced his bid for North Carolina governor on Saturday, saying he's the best candidate to get the state's economy back on track through his work in the Legislature and when he reaches the Execut...
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January 23, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Supporters of a constitutional amendment on May's ballot to ban gay marriage in North Carolina began their campaign in earnest today, saying the measure would protect marriage from those who want to expand what's lawful in the state.
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January 18, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Opponents of a North Carolina voter referendum on banning gay marriage say they hope to have 1 million conversations with people before the May primary about the far-reaching effects of changing the state constitution.
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RALEIGH (AP) — Superintendent June Atkinson said today she will run for another four years as chief administrator of the state's public schools, declining to step aside as at least two other fellow Democrats said publicly they were interested in the...
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January 17, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — The No. 2 leader in the state House announced today he instead wants the No. 2 job in the executive branch.
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January 9, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Democrats and advocacy groups suing over new Republican-drawn maps for legislative and congressional districts say the state's May 8 primary should be delayed until July 10 while judges decide whether the boundaries are unconstitution...
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January 6, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — A disciplinary panel for lawyers stopped short Friday of disbarring former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley for his campaign finance-related conviction in 2010, saying there was no evidence he knew the contents of a document that serve...
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January 4, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina House appears to have given up for now on trying to override Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto of a bill that would gut key sections of the Racial Justice Act.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The head of North Carolina's unemployment benefits office found herself in an unusual spot before a General Assembly committee: subpoenaed by legislators to talk about money owed to the federal government and about how jobless data is...
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January 3, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — The General Assembly is returning to Raleigh to respond to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of a bill .The bill essentially repeals a 2009 law that gives death-row inmates a new way to argue that racial bias influenced their sentence...
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December 19, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Republican Pat McCrory confirmed today what's been the least-disguised decision in North Carolina politics for months — the former Charlotte mayor is running for governor again.
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December 16, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's latest round of redistricting litigation got its first day in court Friday as a bevy of lawyers argued before a three-judge panel whether a trial on the legality of new Republican-penned political boundaries be fast-t...
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December 14, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's fundraising chief for her winning 2008 campaign has entered an Alford plea to a felony obstruction charge for using his company to hide payments from a donor and pad another campaign worker's salar...
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RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed a bill today that would have essentially repealed a 2009 law designed to address alleged racial bias in death penalty cases, saying it is essential the legal process isn't tarnished by prejudice.
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December 13, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers grilled state Medicaid leaders today about delays in creating the program's claims processing system. The system's launch is running nearly two years behind schedule, and state auditors estimate it will c...
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December 5, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Voters and elected officials who sued this fall over new boundaries for North Carolina's legislative and congressional districts want to fast-track the process so judges can rule before 2012 candidate filing begins in February.
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November 30, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — The mother of a pregnant woman killed four years ago says a new law allowing prosecutors to charge someone separately for injuring or killing an unborn child will hold attackers accountable.
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November 29, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — A Wake County grand jury on Monday indicted former campaign workers and a donor of North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue as part of an investigation into previously undisclosed flights leading up to her 2008 election victory.
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November 28, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly cut short its Thanksgiving weekend Sunday to gear up for what Republican leaders say may be the last chance to pass substantive legislation for the next six months.
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November 18, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Negotiations between the state and North Carolina's Cherokee Indians over expanding games at the tribe's casino are nearing a self-imposed deadline with significant sticking points remaining.
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RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue's administration says hundreds of state government administrative rules have been repealed and fewer have been issued in the year since she began an effort to clean up regulations deemed unnecessary or lacking comm...
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