July 21, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Voter registration has increased by more than a quarter-million people in North Carolina in 2008, an election reform group said Monday as it warned of long lines come Election Day unless early voting is expanded. Democracy North Carolina e...
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RALEIGH (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed a public records lawsuit against State Treasurer Richard Moore that claimed he withheld documents about the state's pension fund, ruling there wasn't the evidence to let the case continue. Superior Court Judge...
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July 17, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The General Assembly worked in fits and starts Thursday as lawmakers scrambled to adjourn by Friday, reaching agreements to help financially strapped homeowners and to protect children from sexual predators. But several items still remain...
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RALEIGH (AP) - An effort to require North Carolina school districts to adopt detailed anti-bullying policies won't pass the General Assembly this year, key supporters of the legislation said Thursday. "The fight's over," said Sen. Doug Berger, D-Franklin...
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July 16, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — State Treasurer Richard Moore officially endorsed Beverly Perdue for governor today, two months after their expensive and acrimonious Democratic primary campaign in which Moore questioned her commitment to party principles. In an e-mail s...
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July 1, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Efforts to resolve major sticking points that are preventing a budget deal for North Carolina state government reached the top leaders of each chamber Tuesday. House Speaker Joe Hackney and Senate leader Marc Basnight and their staff member...
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June 30, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- State House and Senate leaders resumed work Monday on hammering out a budget for the new fiscal year that begins Tuesday, with negotiators still skeptical about Gov. Mike Easley's call to roll back proposed tax breaks and state employee rais...
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June 26, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- Former state House Speaker Jim Black, now serving federal prison time for a corruption conviction, paid half of his $1 million fine on Thursday on a similar count to which he pleaded in state court last year, his lawyer said. The $500,000 pa...
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June 16, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The North Carolina Senate's proposed education budget would boost funding for the University of North Carolina system and give Gov. Mike Easley nearly all the money he sought for his signature preschool initiative. But it limits pay raises...
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June 12, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- The legal fight between State Treasurer Richard Moore and a state employees' group that has criticized his stewardship of the state employee pension fund turned ugly Thursday as Moore's attorney accused the group's lawyer of offering a bribe...
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RALEIGH (AP) - Some efforts by towns and cities to forcibly annex unincorporated land would be delayed for about a year by legislation approved overwhelmingly Thursday by a powerful House committee. The moratorium on involuntary annexations would give law...
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June 11, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- The Senate Finance Committee agreed Wednesday to repeal a local land transfer tax that has been shot down by voters in every county where it was considered since the Legislature approved it last year. Lawmakers gave counties the option to tr...
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June 10, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- Sen. Julia Boseman kept to legislative business Tuesday, trying her best to downplay recent revelations that she smoked marijuana the year before she was elected to the Legislature and that she had defaulted on a $1.3 million loan on her for...
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RALEIGH (AP)- Illegal immigrants serving time for nonviolent offenses in the North Carolina prison system could be paroled early into federal custody for deportation in legislation recommended Tuesday by a Senate judiciary committee. The bill would make p...
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June 5, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — The House gave bipartisan support again Thursday to its $21.3 billion budget proposal for the coming year, but not before Democrats turned away Republican amendments related to a controversial land transfer tax option last year and to...
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June 4, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The full House tentatively approved its $21.3 billion budget proposal for next year by a wide margin Wednesday, as a majority of Republicans joined Democrats to support a bill with a small spending increase and few new revenue sources. The...
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May 28, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- A judge has upheld North Carolina's high standard requiring tens of thousands of signatures to be collected before a group is officially recognized as a political party, ruling there's no fundamental right for the party of a voter's choice t...
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May 20, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Dozens of medically ill prison inmates deemed as having no danger on society could be released from custody under legislation approved Tuesday by a House judiciary committee in a move that potentially could save the state millions of dollar...
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May 19, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- A federal appeals court upheld Monday the conviction and four-year prison sentence of former North Carolina lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings, ruling unanimously that jurors and the trial court judge acted reasonably in the case. Geddings......
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May 15, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall believes her 1996 victory over NASCAR legend Richard Petty provided a path for other female political hopefuls looking to advance to Victory Lane at the top tier of state government. "No...
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May 14, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- North Carolina's legislative leaders have little appetite for new taxes this year, but their view of the state's tax burden — particularly for businesses — appears to fall along party lines. At a meeting of the state's top busine...
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RALEIGH (AP)- Rep. Melanie Goodwin is taking the role of working mother to a new level at this year's session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Earlier this month, the Democrat from Richmond County became the first lawmaker in North Carolina history...
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April 24, 2008
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (AP)- Six candidates for governor largely agreed on how to improve North Carolina's public education system Thursday night in what likely would be their final statewide televised debate before the May 6 primary. While Democratic Lt.
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April 23, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - A House panel recommended Wednesday that North Carolina temporarily ban cities and towns from forcing annexations so lawmakers have time next year to consider changes that some residents have sought. The one-year moratorium on involuntary a...
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April 22, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina farmers hurt by the continuing drought can tap into $6 million starting next month to restore damaged pastures and develop new water sources, farming groups said Tuesday in announcing a cost-sharing initiative. The North Caro...
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