RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina officials on Thursday said they were rescinding decades of good behavior credits that had been awarded to dozens of violent inmates – prisoners who thought they were going to be freed because of a quirky 1970s law that limited a life sentence to 80 years.
Gov. Beverly Perdue said the [...]

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Gov. Perdue today signed Executive Order #121, reestablishing the North Carolina Film Council, at a ceremony at EUE Screen Gems studios in Wilmington, home to the largest studio lot east of California. The North Carolina Film Council advises the Governor on film industry matters and serves as a forum for film-making [...]

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue today thanked North Carolina veterans at a Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony in Jacksonville and issued a proclamation honoring the men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country.
During the ceremony, Gov. Perdue announced the creation of the “I Hire Military” campaign to encourage businesses to hire veterans [...]

Gov. Bev Perdue says the time and energy she placed into a trade mission to Asia will be well worth it.
The governor and commerce secretary spent two weeks in Japan and China to drum up new business for the state.
According to the North Carolina Commerce Department, China is the state’s second largest trading partner importing [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue today launched racetothetop.nc.gov and called upon North Carolinians to participate in the federal “Race to the Top” initiative.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Race to the Top is a federal $4.5 billion competitive grant fund that rewards states for educational innovation and achieving significant improvements in [...]

By Michael Hewlett
Media General News Service
Gov. Bev Perdue can stall but not stop the release of 27 inmates convicted of violent crimes in the 1970s, legal experts said.
The inmates, convicted in the 1970s of crimes that included murder, rape and robbery, are eligible for release because of credits – time off their sentences – they [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.- Gov. Beverly Perdue is returning to North Carolina after a nearly two-week trade and cultural mission to China and Japan.
Perdue’s office has said she would arrive in the state Tuesday night after leaving from Shanghai. The trip also included visits to Tokyo and Beijing and focused largely on building relationships with two of [...]

RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue today appointed District Court Judge Patrice Hinnant to the Superior Court District 18A for Guilford County.  Hinnant will finish the unexpired term of Judge Henry Frye Jr., who retired July 31, 2009.
“Judge Hinnant’s years of experience on the District Court bench have prepared her well for the Superior Court and [...]

RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed Kerry Sutton of Durham to the Governor’s Crime Commission.
Sutton is an attorney at the Law Offices of Kerstin Walker Sutton. She is a member of N.C. Advocates for Justice, Executive Committee of the Administration of Justice Committee for the N.C. Bar Association and of the N.C. Association of [...]