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Businesses may soon face higher employment insurance taxes
To pay off the debt North Carolina racked up paying unemployment benefits throughout the recession, businesses across the state might soon face much higher employment insurance taxes.
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House fails to pass override of Perdue's health-care veto
House Republicans on Wednesday failed to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of a bill that would challenge the coming federal requirement that people buy health insurance
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Wilkes County begins campaign to raise money for economic incentives
Wilkes County leaders have started a campaign to raise $750,000, which they hope to use to create 750 jobs paying an average of $29,567 a year.
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Rain may help ease drought conditions
The weekend rainfall was helpful, but it may not be enough to reverse the deficit of rainfall the state has endured over the past few months.
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911 calls back in hands of Yadkin sheriff
Yadkin County commissioners voted 5-0 on Monday to give back management of the emergency 911 communications system to the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office.
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Space shuttle, space station to be visible tonight
If the weather is clear enough this evening, sky-watchers may be able to see NASA's space shuttle Discovery heading home for the last time from the International Space Station.
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Legislators ponder using tobacco money to help sterilization victims
The manufacture of Camels and Lucky Strikes kept tax dollars flowing in North Carolina during Big Tobacco's heyday.
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Process of redrawing districts begins in earnest
Republicans in charge of the once-a-decade remapping of General Assembly districts will draw with an eye to the state's surging Piedmont population, but they will have more restrictions than Democrats had 10 years ago, thanks in part to GOP litigation.
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Democrats balk at school bill
House Democrats and Gov. Bev Perdue tried Thursday to slow a Republican-penned charter-school bill, saying they are worried that it could damage traditional public schools while failing to provide enough accountability for the alternative schools.
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Bill to ends tests sent to Gov. Perdue
Four standardized end-of-course tests in state high schools would be eliminated this fall under legislation sent Thursday to Gov. Bev Perdue, who says she won't veto the bill despite a judge's warning about its unconstitutionality.
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GOP pushes for stiffer punishment for crimes involving a fetus
Legislators who have pushed for two decades to punish crimes against a fetus the way crimes against pregnant women are punished said Thursday that they are optimistic now that Republicans control the General Assembly.
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Moratorium on annexations gets tentative OK by Senate
A moratorium on municipal annexations of unincorporated areas in North Carolina has received preliminary approval by the state Senate.
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Wilkes commissioners OK resolution to save Rendezvous Mountain
Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution asking Gov. Bev Perdue to reconsider a proposal to close Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest.
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Bill to change malpractice rules, limit some damages passes key committee
A Republican-led effort to change North Carolina's medical-malpractice rules and limit certain monetary damages for harmed patients cleared a significant hurdle Tuesday, when a Senate judiciary panel recommended the bill.
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Bill to repeal Lexington annexations passes House
A legislative repeal of Lexington's controversial 2008 annexations easily won a majority vote Tuesday in the N.C. House of Representatives.
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NC poll: Many support rights for same-sex couples
More than half of North Carolina residents now support legal recognition of same-sex couples, and more than one-quarter believe they should have full marriage rights, according to a poll released Monday.
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Perdue plans second trade mission to China
North Carolina needs to be more deliberate about in-state businesses selling products overseas to places such as China, Gov. Bev Perdue said Monday during a trip to Washington that has included meeting Chinese government officials and President Barack Obama.
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Freedman, drama dean at UNCSA, suffers stroke
Gerald Freedman, the drama dean at UNC School of the Arts since 1991, has suffered a stroke, school officials said Monday.
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N.C. unions say Wisconsin fight could invigorate labor movement
North Carolina doesn't have collective bargaining for state workers and has the lowest rate of union membership in the country at 3.2 percent.
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Hostage alleges he was beaten by police during standoff
The town of Cary has asked the Wake County district attorney's office and the State Bureau of Investigation to look into a bank hostage's complaint that he was beaten, cursed and handcuffed by local police during a siege at a Wachovia branch this month.
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Employee's security privileges revoked after he jumps fence at Charlotte airport
Authorities have revoked the security privileges of an airline employee after they say he jumped over a fence to access the tarmac area and punch his work clock at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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Budget-savings bill earns veto from Perdue
Gov. Bev Perdue used her veto stamp Tuesday for the first time this legislative session on a bill penned by the new Republican majority — a bill she says would harm her administration's ability to jump-start job creation.
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Perdue will likely allow health-care bill to become law
A Republican-sponsored bill that would allow the state to challenge the 2010 federal health-care overhaul won final legislative approval Tuesday and is headed to Gov. Bev Perdue, who appears unlikely to sign it.
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Bill to expand 'castle doctrine' passes Senate committee
People who feel threatened for their lives in their home, car or job by someone forcibly breaking in would have a stronger legal basis to use deadly force against the intruder in a bill approved unanimously by a state Senate judiciary committee.
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Expand diversion program, group suggests
North Carolina could save hundreds of millions of dollars while improving public safety and reducing the need for thousands more prison beds if state legislators approve several proposals, an outside group studying criminal-justice data suggested Monday.
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