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NC Democratic Party leader Voller says it’s time for party to unify

State Democratic chairman Randy Voller said Tuesday he hopes the party infighting is behind him, after he signed an unusual settlement agreement with several of his critics.

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STATE POLITICS

Debate forms around Rural Center’s oversight, future

Some board members of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center promise more scrutiny, but caution that the center provides valuable help for rural areas. Gov. Pat McCrory wants big changes.
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UNDER THE DOME

Dome: House and Senate leaders hope to strike deal on a major tax bill

House and Senate leaders are working behind the scenes with the governor to strike a deal on a major tax bill, aiming to avoid lengthy negotiations in a conference committee.
TRAFFIC

NC House members worry that 75 mph speed limit really means 85 mph

A Senate bill raising the state’s top speed limit to 75 mph clears a committee and heads for the House floor. It won’t affect the state’s excessive speeding law, which suspends the licenses of drivers who go faster than 80 mph.
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EDUCATION

Wake hires Jim Merrill as schools superintendent

James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and a former Wake school administrator, was named the new Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday.
STATE POLITICS

DNC: Nearly $500,000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte

To stage last year’s Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and other communication devices. Now it appears a sizeable amount of that equipment was lost, stolen – or perhaps kept by the staffers it had been...
NATIONAL POLITICS

NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist ‘events’

The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government’s massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist “events” worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock Exchange that involved a Kansas City...
WAKE COUNTY

Raleigh seeks more water capacity from Falls Lake

The Raleigh City Council voted Tuesday to seek permission to pull more drinking water from Falls Lake, a move that would postpone Raleigh’s need for a new reservoir in eastern Wake County.
REAL ESTATE

NC Senate committee votes to roll back building efficiency standards

A legislative effort to slash the state’s energy efficiency requirements for new buildings gained crucial support in a Senate committee Tuesday.
ECONOMY

Amendment to NC auto insurance bill rekindles industry feud

The internal feud among North Carolina's insurance carriers over the way the state regulates auto insurance rates continues to bubble up in the halls and back rooms of the state legislature.
STATE POLITICS

Johnston County teachers speak out against state budget proposals

Twenty Johnston County teachers who are fed up with how they’re being treated aired their grievances to a quietly receptive Rep. Leo Daughtry, a Smithfield Republican, on Monday in Clayton.