Bev Perdue’s approval rating is on the rise! Of course when it was 25% a month ago that’s not saying much, the PPP reports.

Only 54% of North Carolina voters say with certainty that they believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, with 26% saying they think he was not, and 20% unsure.

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two opinion pieces, each expressing opposing views on health care.
By U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf – R – Virginia
Central to any discussion about health-care reform is choice, affordability and portability. Another imperative: controlling costs.
There is no doubting that health-care costs have been on the rise for far [...]

Editor’s note: This is one of two opinion pieces, each expressing an opposing view on health care.

By U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly – D – Virginia

You might be surprised to hear this, but the problem with health care in America today is not that we spend too little, but that we spend too [...]

North Carolinians will come to rue July 30, 2009.
That’s the day that the N.C. Turnpike Authority began spending a billion-plus dollars of borrowed money to build the state’s first modern toll road.
The 18.8-mile turnpike will cut through western Wake and southern Durham counties, providing a second, outer beltline around Raleigh and easing traffic to busy [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina lawmakers in both the House and Senate preliminarily approved the $19 billion state budget Tuesday night.House members debated the plan for more than three hours because more than 700 state employees will loose their jobs and there are more than 500 cuts to government services.
“This is one [...]

The PPP says the issue of whether Bev Perdue should appear with Barack Obama on various campaign visits is moot.

The state’s first female governor isn’t getting any sympathy for women, according to the latest from Public Policy Polling.

Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina taxpayers got a break last week when Gov. Bev Perdue scuttled legislators’ $980 million tax-increase package.
Perdue opposed the deal because it was both unfair to working families and failed to protect public education. Her power to veto the budget killed the package. Perdue’s opposition sent legislative leaders in search of another solution [...]