Basnight foresees no tax increases this year
Senate leader Marc Basnight said Wednesday that there won't be any tax increases this year.
Cooper refuses to expand on admissions advice
Attorney General Roy Cooper has refused to discuss the advisory letter his office sent out last week, which recommended barring illegal immigrants from community colleges.
Hagan to face Dole in U.S. Senate battle
When they face each other in November, it will be the first time in N.C. history, and only the eighth time in U.S. history, that two women have matched up for a U.S. Senate seat.
Fringe candidates disregard the odds
Every election season, hundreds of people become candidates with budgets of nothing, believing their civics teachers were right -- anyone really can grow up to serve in public office.
Dole criticized at Democratic debate
State Briefs: Four of the five Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate participated in a forum, with one wasting no time in criticizing the Republican who now holds the seat.
Run-down barracks unacceptable, officials say
A video shot by the father of an 82nd Airborne soldier that shows poor conditions such as mold in a barracks at Fort Bragg has caught the attention of a U.S. senator and high-ranking Army officials.
John Hanford, 84, Sen. Dole's brother
WWII vet was role model to sister.
Virginia Democrat foresees a fight for N.C.
Under the Dome:U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott says that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama could put North Carolina in play.
Wisconsin governor says Clinton favors Big Oil
Under the Dome:Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday that presidential candidate Hillary Rodman Clinton is not the person to fight the big oil companies to keep gas prices down.
Johnston County to get water money
Wake County Briefs: Johnston County will receive more than $3.7 million in loans and a $225,000 grant to improve its water systems, according to an announcement Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Dole faces little challenge in May
Such is the nature of the Republican U.S. Senate primary that Elizabeth Dole hasn't scheduled a single public stump speech in the past week. Her opponent has raised no money.
Low-profile Democrats say they're up for Dole
With Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton dominating public attention before North Carolina's primary, the race to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has won little notice.
Hopefuls line up to take on Dole
Hagan, Neal most active Democrats.
Illegals, legals deported under bill
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole will join a handful of moderate and conservative Republicans in introducing a host of anti-immigration bills today in the U.S. Senate.
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