Gov. Bev Perdue will address the 90th annual NCFBPW state conference lunch and receive the organization’s “Opening Doors Award.” Past recipients of the award include Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, N.C. State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow and Research Triangle Institute CEO Victoria Haynes.
The event is at 12:45 p.m. Friday at the Radisson Hotel RTP, [...]

Gov. Bev Perdue continues her “Save Education” push this week with rallies in Wilmington and Greenville Monday, WRAL reports.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue announced that the Governor’s Office and the state’s departments and agencies will participate in United We Serve, a national effort launched by President Obama to engage more Americans in serving their communities this summer.
“These 11 weeks are a time for North Carolinians to take the lead in organizing service [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Bev Perdue will address a rally of educators, teachers and other concerned citizens about her education priorities as state budget negotiations proceed in the General Assembly on Wednesday.
The Raleigh event will kick off a statewide series of rallies scheduled for the coming week in Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville and Greenville. More locations [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  — The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association is pleased to announce that at 1:30 PM today in the Old House Chambers of the State Capitol Building Governor Bev Perdue will sign SB 411(766) in to law.
SB 411, Amend Survivor’s Alternate Benefit, provides that the survivor and family of an officer killed in the [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov. Bev Perdue Tuesday announced that the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery and Investment (OERI) will hold the sixth in a series of workshops across the state providing information and guidance to local municipalities, businesses and interested citizens on how the federal recovery funds will be administered.
Gov. Perdue will speak at the [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue has proclaimed June 2009 as Motion Picture Industry Month, recognizing and celebrating the state’s successful film industry.
“When people make films in North Carolina, it means jobs for our people and economic benefits for our economy,” Perdue said. “We are proud of our great history in the industry and look [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that 140 transit projects across the state will receive more than $103 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These funds will enhance or expand transit options in both rural and urban communities. A list of projects is attached.
“These JobsNOW recovery projects will [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Voters in North Carolina continue to sour on Governor Bev Perdue’s performance in office according to the latest poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
According to the live caller poll of 600 voters, 46 percent of voters approve of the job she is doing as governor.  42 percent disapprove.  The 4 percentage [...]