RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s campaign season crosses a significant threshold as candidates begin signing up to get on this year’s election ballots.
Filing opened at noon today with with the State Board of Elections. The filing period continues until noon Feb. 26. The primary is May 4 and the general election Nov. 2.
The most [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Public schools and higher education nationwide must adapt to the “radical decentralization” of information caused by technology, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a North Carolina crowd Monday, but cautioned against believing the public sector will lead the reformation.
“It will not come from the government, who is on cutting edge of obsolescence of [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – The head of North Carolina’s Republican Party says two top aides to Gov. Beverly Perdue should resign because of poor performance.
North Carolina GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer said Monday that Correction Department Secretary Alvin Keller should step down because the state still has too few parole officers a year after the Perdue [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina judge wants a security officer to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of the two-time presidential candidate, increasing the court’s control of the disputed video.
Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said in an order released Monday that the Orange County [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — For years, buying low-tax North Carolina cigarettes and selling them on the black market in a high-tax state up north has been an easy way to make big money for criminal enterprises.
Load up a van of Camels or Marlboros and reap a $100,000 profit to sell them if the destination is New [...]

Residents who want to run for office in 2010 can begin filing for office at their county Board of Elections at noon Monday. The filing periods ends at noon on Friday, Feb. 26.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Mike Easley’s communications director says the ex-North Carolina governor provided the sharp words in 2007 explaining why a Cabinet agency’s public affairs director was fired.
Sherri Johnson disclosed Easley’s involvement in a deposition last week for a lawsuit. Several media outlets accuse Easley and his workers of deleting e-mails in violation of [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorneys for John Edwards’ former campaign aide say he should not have to surrender a video showing his old boss in a sexual encounter.
Andrew Young’s lawyers said in court documents filed Thursday that he does not appear to have a copy of the video Edwards’ former mistress is seeking through a [...]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Senator Larry Shaw announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election to the North Carolina Senate in 2010.  He has represented the district since 1995.
The announcement brings to seven the number of Senate Democrats since last fall who have resigned or said they won’t run for re-election. The candidate filing [...]

BURLINGTON, N.C.  – A former North Carolina House member who said he was speeding to the Legislature to vote on behalf of his constituents can’t use campaign contributions to pay his traffic ticket.
The Times-News of Burlington reported Thursday that the state Board of Elections ruled that campaign contributions can only pay for expenses resulting from [...]