The UNC system's governing board is not united behind reducing the paid leaves that campus chancellors get when they step down.
Modified: 11/13/09 09:44:44 PM
Six months before former state Treasurer Richard Moore left office, the North Carolina pension fund that he oversaw invested more than $500 million in the investment fund firm that now employs him.
Modified: 11/13/09 08:24:45 PM
Bob Etheridge said Friday that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year.
Modified: 11/14/09 07:40:53 AM
Democrats' health bill: Voting 220 for and 215 against, the House on Saturday passed a bill (HR 3962) that would provide affordable medical insurance to about 36 million uncovered U.S.
Modified: 11/13/09 10:59:48 PM
A recent ranking of the most business-friendly state legislators gave noticeably higher marks to Charlotte-area lawmakers than to those from the Triangle.
Modified: 11/13/09 06:04:51 AM
The UNC Board of Governors is poised to clamp down on leave policies that wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Modified: 11/13/09 05:02:58 AM
Investigators ask six state officials whether they took payoffs from associates of a developer tied to Mike Easley.
Modified: 11/13/09 06:02:40 AM
U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge's aides said he plans to announce his decision this week on whether to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.
Modified: 11/13/09 11:24:50 PM
With the U.S. Senate less than a week from diving into debate on historic health legislation, Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday that now is the time to improve the nation's health care system.
Modified: 11/11/09 05:56:03 AM
Rebounding stock markets helped boost returns for North Carolina's public employee pension funds during the third quarter.
Modified: 11/09/09 08:57:33 PM
Judges have rejected defendants' requests to delay murder cases to examine whether they face the death penalty because of their skin color.
Modified: 11/10/09 05:04:40 AM
Sen. Kay Hagan's vote could be vital as Senate leaders try to pass health care reform.
Modified: 11/10/09 11:11:24 PM
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Now that Wake County leaders have accepted the hard fact that local drivers must pay tolls to finance the rest of the 540 Outer Loop, they're peeved at the news that Charlotte drivers will see their own loop finished toll-free.
Modified: 11/19/09 10:41:31 PM
Students at UNC-Chapel Hill will continue to pay far less for their educations than peers at most of the campus's competitors under a tuition plan approved Thursday. And that, some say, is a problem.
Modified: 11/19/09 10:36:28 PM
A planned tuition increase at UNC-Chapel Hill is meeting some opposition from students who want more say in the process.
Modified: 11/18/09 09:09:12 PM
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More than 100 of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms' family members, friends and associates gathered Wednesday night to see the senator's portrait unveiled in one of congressional Republicans' most distinguished enclaves, the private Capitol Hill Club.
Modified: 11/19/09 06:12:10 AM
René Dickerson will unveil his portrait of former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms this evening.
Modified: 11/18/09 02:08:32 PM
Sen. Martin Nesbitt, the Asheville lawmaker who was elected as the Senate majority leader Tuesday, will help lead Senate Democrats into an election next year that looks painfully familiar.
Modified: 11/17/09 11:23:28 PM
Under the Dome:
George Holding, the Republican-appointed U.S. attorney for North Carolina's eastern district, expressed angst about changes in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which includes North Carolina.
Modified: 11/17/09 04:41:48 AM
Gov. Beverly Perdue told elected education officials Monday that the state's financial picture is improving but unemployment may keep rising in the short term.
Modified: 11/16/09 09:49:51 PM
For all the hours they devote to hunting, fishing and other outdoors matters, many members of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission also give generously to their political patrons.
Modified: 11/16/09 05:48:30 AM
Three North Carolina congressional Democrats have changed their views on U.S. relations with Cuba in recent years, just as they began receiving thousands of dollars in donations from the country's largest Cuban-American political action committee.
Modified: 11/16/09 04:19:44 AM
When NC Rep. Virginia Foxx talks about health care, comedian and talk show host Wanda Sykes hears "Enough is enough!" Foxx got called out on "The Wanda Sykes Show" Saturday night for her comments against health care reform, with Sykes likening Foxx's remarks to made-up movie lines.
Modified: 11/16/09 03:12:07 PM
More than 400 demonstrators marched at the State Capitol on Saturday to protest higher taxes and Democratic federal health care legislation.
Modified: 11/15/09 05:19:44 AM
Christensen:
Marc Basnight, leader of the N.C. Senate, has spent many years being underestimated.
Modified: 11/15/09 06:03:25 AM
Six hospitals owe the state more than $2.5 million as a result of overcharges.
Modified: 11/14/09 10:18:23 AM
With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade.
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District attorney in Forsyth retires
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