<![CDATA[WSJ News N.C./Politics]]> http://www2.journalnow.com/content/list/news/ncpolitics/ en <![CDATA[Jesse Helms' life]]> <![CDATA[Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics]]> <![CDATA[Former N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86]]> <![CDATA[Obama opens door to revising 16-month exit strategy for Iraq]]> <![CDATA[McCain says he wants temporary-worker plan]]> <![CDATA[Audit finds widespread snooping into personal passport files]]> <![CDATA[NCSA name change closer]]> <![CDATA[State budget avoids more taxes]]> <![CDATA[Paper vendors can't sell in street]]> <![CDATA[N.C. unit of Marines in Afghanistan gets 30-day addition to tour of duty]]> <![CDATA[2 more Albemarle DMV workers under probe in license-issuing fraud]]> <![CDATA[Regional Briefs]]> <![CDATA[Senate bill allows online ticket resales]]> <![CDATA[Legislators reach budget deal]]> <![CDATA[Deputies seize cocaine, $47,000 cash]]> <![CDATA[Legislators won't finish budget this week]]> <![CDATA[Burlington gets OK to ban street newspaper sales]]> <![CDATA[Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month]]> Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.]]> <![CDATA[Gubernatorial candidates outline education plans]]> North Carolina's gubernatorial candidates say the state needs to improve technology in the classroom and reduce dropout rates.]]> <![CDATA[Blue Ridge Parkway stresses traffic etiquette]]> Officials are asking visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway to be polite on the narrow and curving mountain roadway during the summer tourist season.]]>