U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) will visit gas stations around the Second Congressional District this week to discuss legislation he has proposed to prevent manipulation and excessive speculation in energy markets. 
The House Agriculture Committee will hold hearings on the issue the week of July 7.
The CFTC is currently investigating whether market manipulation is causing the recent [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Libertarian Party of North Carolina will have a broad slate of candidates for the November election.
The Libertarians gave a list of 38 federal and state candidates to the State Board of Elections on Monday. The party qualified to be on the ballot in May after providing more than 70,000 signatures [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory joined top Republicans in supporting offshore oil and natural gas drilling Monday, saying it could relieve what’s becoming a national energy crisis.
McCrory said it’s hypocritical for politicians to take a not-in-my-backyard approach to oil exploration and drilling, especially because North Carolina’s energy demands are bound to [...]

CARY, N.C. – U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan will host a Veterans’ Town Hall in Cary Tuesday, her second in a series of similar events at which she will meet with veterans to hear about the issues they face while trying to access benefits and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The event will take [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory is launching a statewide “jobs tour” this week to begin a dialogue with North Carolinians about jobs and the economy. 
McCrory plans to make economic development a top priority if elected governor. His stops Tuesday, July 1, include a restaurant in Shelby, a tour of a plate glass plant [...]

By The Associated Press
TITLE: “Purpose”
LENGTH: 30 seconds.
AIRING: National cable networks and key states of Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa.
SCRIPT: Announcer: American technology protected the world. We went to the moon, not because it was easy, but because it was hard. John McCain will call America to [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory says a public records request by the North Carolina Democratic Party is a “fishing expedition.”
The Charlotte mayor said Friday the records request filed this week with the City of Charlotte will cost more than $100,000 and take up to 1,000 hours to complete.
The request filed Thursday [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Obama campaign will kick off organizing efforts in North Carolina for the general election campaign with Unite for Change house parties in Raleigh, Charlotte and Winston-Salem Saturday.  More than 4,000 Unite for Change house meetings will take place in homes nationwide.
In Raleigh, Paulette Hill and Elizabeth Miller will host a party at the North Carolina [...]

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future.
His confession and commitment followed a tour of a General Motors factory that produces [...]