• Tax debate delays budget
  • Revised annexation bill OK'd by panel
  • Open-government unit has critics
  • Perdue urges legislature to pass budget
  • Bill on death-penalty disparities advances
  • State avoids budget clash
  • Racial Justice Act advances in NC House
  • Regional Briefs: Attorney for Mary Easley appeals firing
  • House approves bill permitting spending
  • Burr race lacks heft