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McCrory scales back bathroom renovations

Gov. Pat McCrory greets well-wishers Saturday, January 12, 2013, outside the Executive Mansion following an inaugural ceremony outside the State Capitol.

Gov. Pat McCrory will not spend the budgeted $230,000 in taxpayer money to remodel bathrooms in his residence at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh after all, his spokeswoman said Saturday. 2 hours ago

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Gov. Pat McCrory, bottom center, celebrates his victory in November. Campaign aides Matt McKillip in the upper right corner of the photo, and Ricky Diaz, to the immediate right of McCrory, are former advisers to the governor who know work in administrative roles in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

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BUSINESS

Focus of shutdown negotiations shifts to Senate

The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks aimed at resolving the twin stalemates.
EDUCATION

Wake’s school board becomes more homogeneous

Supporters say having a new nearly all Democratic Wake County school board will end partisan fighting, but critics say it could lead to dissenting opinions being ignored.
LOCAL/STATE

Mountain tourism hit by national park shutdown

The closure of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the federal shutdown cost the region $33 million in lost tourism, according to an analysis released Friday.
WAKE COUNTY

Judge dismisses 2 ‘Moral Monday’ cases after daylong trial

The judge who last week convicted the first Moral Monday protester to go to trial on all counts came to a different conclusion on Friday in the second and third cases.
NATIONAL POLITICS

General in charge of nuclear missiles is fired

The Air Force fired the general in charge of its nuclear missiles on Friday, just two days after a Navy admiral with top nuclear weapons responsibilities was sacked. Both men are caught up in investigations of alleged personal misconduct, adding to a cascade of turmoil inside the nation's nuclear...
STATE POLITICS

NC governor spending $230,000 on mansion bathrooms

Gov. Pat McCrory plans to spend up to $230,000 in taxpayer funds remodeling bathrooms in his private living quarters at North Carolina's Executive Mansion even as he demands belt-tightening for public schools and social programs.
UNDER THE DOME BLOG

Hundreds of workers from closed prisons given new jobs

Hundreds of prison workers who were left in the lurch when the state began closing five prisons this year have been placed in other state jobs, a legislative oversight committee was told this week.
LOCAL POLITICS

Democrats crow after Wake County school elections

This week’s Wake County school election results are drawing very different reactions from the two major political parties.
UNDER THE DOME BLOG

UNC Board of Governors hires top attorney

The UNC Board of Governors unanimously approved the hiring of the university system's top lawyer on Friday.
UNDER THE DOME BLOG

GOP calls on Nesbitt to apologize for his ‘witch’ remark

UPDATED The state GOP is calling on state Sen. Martin Nesbitt to apologize to Dr. Aldona Wos, head of the state Department of Health and Human Services, for his remark about witches this week.