Miller, Lawson head easily to fall elections
U.S. Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh easily won Tuesday's Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District, while Republican B.J. Lawson of Cary claimed his party's support to take on incumbent U.S. Rep. David Price.
Economic issues loom large in 13th
Derald Hafner of Franklinton is taking on incumbent Brad Miller in the 13th Congressional District's Democratic primary May 6.
Wisconsin governor says Clinton favors Big Oil
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.
Judge will hear noise, wherever Navy builds runway
Federal judge Terrence Boyle, who last week froze the Navy's plans to build a remote runway near Plymouth for fighter jets to practice landing on aircraft carriers, has tested the military with his keen knowledge of the back roads, lakes and birds of northeastern North Carolina. He should know: He lives there.
Cobey says he's gaining
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Cobey is touting a new internal poll of likely primary voters showing he is gaining on the best-known candidate in the race, former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot. The poll shows that 28 percent of 500 registered voters favor Vinroot, while Cobey, a former congressman from Durham County, garnered 17 percent and state Senate GOP Leader Patrick Ballantine of Wilmington received 10 percent. Three of the other four candidates drew a combined 3 percent (Timothy Cook, a Guilford County chemist, wasn't included), while the remaining 42 percent were undecided.
Displaced residents try to use state law
Residents of Universal Health Care of North Raleigh and their families are frustrated by the state's decision not to put in place a temporary, outside manager to run the nursing home while problems are addressed. Residents are upset that they have to leave because they say there's a 1993 state law designed to keep residents from having to move in situations such as this one.
Two jobs prove one too many
For much of the past year, Gina Dean was U.S. Rep. Brad Miller's point person for African-American issues. And for roughly the same period, she did the same job for state Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett as minority affairs director. None of them thinks her dual employment posed a conflict of interest. But Al McSurely, a Chapel Hill lawyer representing blacks seeking jobs, promotions or contracts from the DOT, has another view.
Rights fight is Lewis' focus
Civil rights figure urges St. Aug's audience to vote.
Security gaps get attention
Rep. Bob Etheridge joined other Democrats on the House Select Committee on Homeland Security to point out what they see as security gaps even with all the work since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Head of state ecosystem program defends land deal
The former president of a Franklin County conservation group stands to receive about $1 million from two government agencies in a deal the group put together to protect about 400 acres of farmland. Felix Allen of Louisburg headed the board of the Tar River Land Conservancy when it asked the state's Ecosystem Enhancement Program and the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service for money to buy conservation easements on farmland Allen owns in northern Franklin County. The conservancy, a nonprofit based in Louisburg, hopes to close the deal within a few weeks.
Miller challenges Bush on budget
U.S. Rep. Brad Miller delivered the Democratic response after President Bush's weekly radio address Saturday, expressing skepticism at Bush's plan to boost education spending while freezing the overall budget.
