September 29, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Three of North Carolina's seven House Democrats joined their Republican counterparts in voting against a now-defeated $700 billion emergency package for the country's financial sector Monday. All six Republican House members were joined by...
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September 26, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The chairman of the North Carolina State Ethics Commission lambasted the auditor's office Friday in a new round of mudslinging between the two state agencies over an investigation into a fired commission employee. During an ethics meeting......
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RALEIGH (AP) - The chairman of the North Carolina State Ethics Commission lambasted the auditor's office Friday in a new round of mudslinging between the two state agencies over an investigation into a fired commission employee. During an ethics meeting......
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September 25, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina Board of Transportation member Louis Sewell resigned Thursday following a report that he helped steer thousands in taxpayer dollars to road improvement projects near properties that he or his son co-owned. Sewell is the secon...
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September 10, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Office Depot overcharged North Carolina's state government nearly $300,000 for supplies over a six-month period, according to an audit released Wednesday by the state auditor.Between July and December 2007, Office Depot inflated the price o...
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September 6, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.Hanna moved quickly inla...
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RALEIGH (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna sailed easily over the beaches along Carolinas' coast and moved inland Saturday, blowing hard and dumping rain in eastern North Carolina but causing little damage beyond isolated flooding as it quickly headed north towa...
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August 26, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers were planning to return to Raleigh on Wednesday to consider fighting Gov. Mike Easley's veto on a bill that would ease restrictions on towing boats. The veto session has required some Democrats, such as House Speake...
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August 22, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The Goldsboro mental hospital ward where a patient died after being ignored for more than 22 hours is closed and staff members involved have been removed from caring for patients directly, officials said Friday. But Department of Health and...
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August 19, 2008
DURHAM (AP)- North Carolina's two major-party candidates for governor continued to spar over plans to open the coast to oil and natural gas drilling Tuesday night during the first live televised debate of the general election. Democrat Beverly Perdue and...
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RALEIGH (AP)- A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding. The state se...
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August 6, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) -Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said Wednesday that he doesn't expect North Carolina will break with its decades-old tradition of voting for a GOP presidential candidate this year. But Duncan acknowledged that Democrat Bar...
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July 31, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- Democrats outside North Carolina jumped in the gubernatorial campaign fray Thursday when an independent political group began questioning GOP candidate Pat McCrory's economic policies in a television ad. The ad from Alliance for North Caroli...
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July 30, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- North Carolina retailers hope this weekend's annual sales tax holiday will breathe life into the state's slumping economy, as shoppers are expected to save an estimated $9.2 million in taxes they would otherwise pay. With this year's holiday...
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July 17, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved "Jessica's Law" on Thursday — a plan that would imprison some child sex offenders for at least 25 years and monitor them by satellite if they're released. The bill requires adult offenders who...
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July 15, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - An anti-gang plan backed by law enforcement officials and a host of North Carolina mayors was overwhelmingly approved by the House and Senate Tuesday. The measure, which now heads to Gov. Mike Easley's desk for signature, would increase th...
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July 14, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - The Senate signed off Monday on a plan that would require local governments to pay the legal bills of citizens who file and win lawsuits after being illegally denied access to public records. The measure would guarantee record-seekers compe...
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July 2, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) -A statewide policy aimed at stopping schoolyard bullies is headed to a special joint panel, after House lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a Senate version that removed a list of potential victim characteristics from the plan. A special committ...
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RALEIGH (AP) - The House approved a plan to temporarily freeze cities' and towns' ability to gobble up county land on Wednesday, following citizens' concerns that municipalities are abusing their power of involuntary annexation. Members voted 98-18 to imp...
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July 1, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - Gov. Mike Easley called on state lawmakers Tuesday to make up for the federal government's inaction by approving a measure to help some struggling North Carolina homeowners by giving them more latitude to repay their debt. "We've all been l...
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June 30, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- Gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory joined top Republicans in supporting offshore oil and natural gas drilling Monday, saying it could relieve what's becoming a national energy crisis. McCrory said it's hypocritical for politicians to take a...
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June 27, 2008
HILLSBOROUGH (AP) — Search warrants unsealed today describe what may have been the final terrifying moments in the life of a promising college student: Kidnapped after choosing to stay home and study, taken in her own vehicle to be robbed at an ATM......
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June 25, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- A plan to allow large trucks on more North Carolina roadways advanced in the House Wednesday, over the objections of a truck safety group which questioned if the bill's sponsor was pushing the plan for his own personal gain. The House Transp...
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June 16, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- Building on anti-smoking laws enacted last year, the Senate on Monday approved three plans designed to curb smoking on government property. The proposals were crafted to protect government employees and the public from secondhand smoke, a kn...
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June 12, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- A plan prompted by the Virginia Tech shooting to bar the mentally ill from purchasing guns was approved by a Senate committee Thursday, over the objections of lawmakers who said the measure may infringe on individuals' right to bear arms. Th...
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