Congress tackles oil market
Etheridge and others hope that reining in futures trading will help lower gas prices.
You kind of had to be there
Sheehan: Jesse Helms, rest his soul, was one of those public figures hard to understand if you weren't born in North Carolina.
Church, family prepare for final goodbye to Helms
North Carolina's late U.S. senator, Jesse Helms, will lie in repose from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh.
Hunt says North Carolina could go to Obama
Under the Dome: Jim Hunt says North Carolina could be in play.
Legislative Tally
How Triangle members of the state legislature voted last week on bills of note..
Orange train stop could pay off
Triangle Briefs: Town officials say they've been told a passenger railroad stop in Orange County could be a paying proposition.
Where Triangle members of congress stand
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-Salisbury: Dole has co-sponsored a Democratic bill to extend tax credits for clean energy.
Defiant Helms drove South's GOP
Jesse Helms will be remembered as one of the leading figures in the rise of the Republican Party in the South -- a man who helped move conservative Democrats to the GOP, according to historians and political experts who watched his career.
Gas cost widens drilling's appeal
Gas stations have replaced barbecue joints on the political circuit. With gas prices rising above $4 per gallon, political candidates are scrambling to show voters that they feel their pain at the pump.
Rising costs, delays for convention worry Democrats
For all Sen. Barack Obama's success raising money and generating excitement among voters, he faces a daunting challenge as he prepares to claim the nomination in August: a Democratic convention effort marred by costly setbacks and embarrassing delays
N.C. campaigns have seen little McCain cash
Under The Dome:U.S. Sen. John McCain has not given much to North Carolina candidates.
Tar Heel Tally
How North Carolina lawmakers voted in Contress the week of June 23.
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