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As Gov. Bev Perdue and other Democrats have said repeatedly, North Carolina is not the rest of the South. But following last year’s historic GOP takeover in the General Assembly, the Republican Party here has the momentum and the political advantages needed for a march to long-term political control.
The bill previously had $1.4 million in it to hire people focusing on counseling and outreach at the state's seven National Guard family assistance ce ...
Thursday is the legislature's crossover deadline when bills are supposed to pass either the House or Senate to stay alive for the rest of this session ...
Democrats have called the Republican-built state budget a "charade" and a Titanic-level disaster that will cause "irreparable harm" to public schools. ...
A constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage may have enough support to clear the legislature this year. The amendment would have to pass muster with voters in 2012 to get added to the state constitution, but first it needs a three-fifths ...
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe, said "everybody in Buncombe County" is against the change and that Rep. Tim D. Moffitt, R-Buncombe, has "traumatized our county" with the proposal. But Moffitt said that "by in large" he hears from peo ...
As the Senate does its work, a showdown looms with the governor, who has vetoed several pieces of Republican legislation so far and has indicated she won't sign the evolving budget. If the two sides can't compromise, state government could ...
Compared with Gov. Bev Perdue's budget proposal, the North Carolina House budget proposal calls for $217 million less for the university system, $25 million less for community colleges, $400 million less for K-12 education, and $250 million ...
N.C. Rep. Mitch Gillespie of Marion will introduce a bill today that would require the state to conduct a formal study of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of drilling for natural gas.
The North Carolina General Assembly's Republican revolution has been good for Western North Carolina's political position in Raleigh, by many accounts.
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