Under the Dome: North Carolina lawmakers are taking heat for something they say they didn't do.
Modified: 11/16/09 04:25:23 AM
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Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee sees big gains for Republicans in the U.S. House next year.
Modified: 11/15/09 05:25:49 AM
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A new poll found that 43 percent of state residents approved of the job Gov. Bev Perdue was doing at the end of October, a surge of 14 points from earlier in the month.
Modified: 11/13/09 06:07:32 AM
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The infamous $400 haircuts that undercut John Edwards' presidential message of reducing poverty started with a tip from the campaign of then-candidate Barack Obama.
Modified: 11/12/09 05:49:06 AM
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State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison says the education agency didn't mean to make it hard for former students who failed competency tests to get diplomas or for schools to give them out.
Modified: 11/11/09 08:10:08 AM
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North Carolina hands out hundreds of millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations each year but fails to adequately keep track of the money, according to a legislative report released Monday.
Modified: 11/10/09 05:23:50 AM
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Among all the politicians at the state legislature, it appears none is conservative enough to suit Civitas Action.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:32:45 AM
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Wondering what sort of campaign Elaine Marshall might run in her bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate?
Modified: 11/11/09 09:55:30 PM
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North Carolina's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Labor to listen to farmers before making changes to the visas used by seasonal farmworkers.
Modified: 11/06/09 05:31:52 AM
The State Employees Association of North Carolina has launched a Web site and mail campaign to counter Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's efforts on health care reform.
Modified: 11/04/09 11:25:29 PM
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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, is the target of a new Internet ad campaign seeking to tie his political contributions from the defense industry and the Chamber of Commerce to his vote on a bill involving how overseas American contractors handle allegations of rape.
Modified: 11/13/09 08:24:45 PM
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With the U.S. House expected to begin debate soon on health care legislation, most North Carolinians think some form of reform is needed, according to a new poll released Monday morning.
Modified: 11/03/09 05:33:20 AM
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The job former first lady Mary Easley got at N.C. State University - and its fallout - is following former N.C. State University Chancellor James Oblinger across the country.
Modified: 11/03/09 10:18:25 AM
The State Board of Elections was thinking of you when it bought sound equipment for last week's hearings into the campaign finances of former Gov. Mike Easley and the state Democratic Party.
Modified: 11/01/09 07:19:21 AM
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It's not only possible to become a state lawmaker without getting elected, but 31 of the 170 members of the legislature have done it.
Modified: 10/30/09 05:35:22 AM
North Carolina's former chief investment officer, Pat Gerrick, asked some of her then-subordinates in the state Treasurer's Office to help her daughter with college homework.
Modified: 10/29/09 09:42:08 AM
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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr returned this week from a trip to Afghanistan to meet with foreign leaders, military officials and soldiers.
Modified: 10/28/09 04:46:34 AM
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is again playing in the Congress vs. Capitol Police football game, which raises money for families of three officers killed in the line of duty.
Modified: 10/26/09 03:41:36 AM
Gov. Beverly Perdue is not alone in China, and certainly not the only elected official from North Carolina. Eleven legislators also are there.
Modified: 10/24/09 10:24:21 PM
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State revenues are 1 percent below projections, according to a report by the legislature's Fiscal Research Division.
Modified: 10/23/09 05:38:11 AM
An item in Thursday's Under the Dome column misstated the source of a YouTube video featuring Linda McMahon, a North Carolina native and former WWE wrestling executive who is running for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. The video featuring clips of McMahon's appearances in the ring was a parody and not produced by McMahon's campaign.
Modified: 10/22/09 11:42:29 PM
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Modified: 10/23/09 04:19:41 PM
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Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger delivered a big ol' mess of opinion surveys to the governor's office Tuesday.
Modified: 10/21/09 06:22:16 AM
John Edwards' approval rating among Americans has fallen 27 points, the steepest drop Gallup has measured since 1992.
Modified: 10/20/09 03:53:12 AM
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Wake County likely will gain two seats in the state House and one Senate seat after the census in 2010, according to an analysis by UNC-Chapel Hill's Program on Public Life, with some help by bill drafting director Gerry Cohen.
Modified: 10/19/09 06:43:10 AM
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U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, a Charlotte Republican has written the foreword for "Muslim Mafia," a new book warning of a Muslim conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism in the United States.
Modified: 10/18/09 07:17:35 AM
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The state Republican Party is filing a complaint with the State Board of Elections over 17 flights that Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue took while she was running for governor.
Modified: 10/16/09 05:52:07 AM
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Sens. Julia Boseman and R.C. Soles Jr. spent the most of any competitive legislative candidate to win their seats.
Modified: 10/15/09 05:18:23 AM
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Gov. Beverly Perdue leaves Thursday for nearly two weeks in Japan and China in hopes of luring more businesses to set up shop in North Carolina.
Modified: 10/14/09 07:39:29 AM
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Curtis Wright is sending e-mail about Tom Fetzer again.
Modified: 10/13/09 06:02:29 AM