RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina government and budget reform panel formed by Gov. Beverly Perdue says she should consider ways to make Medicaid and the state’s motor fleet more efficient.
Members of the Budget Reform and Accountability Commission agreed Wednesday to recommend to Perdue more ways to prevent waste and abuse in state government.
They voted [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – A former Superior Court judge will serve the rest of the term of the district attorney for two North Carolina counties who retired this month as state agents investigate him.
Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Wednesday that James M. Long will be the acting district attorney for Person and Caswell counties through the end [...]

From Gov. Bev Perdue:
“I have known Kathy Taft as a dear friend for more than 25 years. The kindness she showed me, as a fellow woman from down east working to make a difference, is something I will never forget. Her passion for education and for finding every opportunity to better serve North Carolina’s children [...]

BOONE, N.C.  – Gov. Beverly Perdue visited Franklin Graham’s relief organization during a trip to the North Carolina mountains to see what Samaritan’s Purse is doing around the world.
Perdue received a one-hour tour Monday of the Samaritan’s Purseoperations in Boone and visited with Graham and hundreds of employees. She was in Boone to speak to [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina businesses should get a second chance to land state government contracts.
Perdue signed an executive order on Wednesday giving state businesses the opportunity to match the low-price bid of an out-of-state company for government contracts to purchase goods.
The state would award the contract to a qualified North [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s governors will discuss the ways public services are structured and delivered so that the public health and preparedness infrastructure will be ready to meet future challenges during the upcoming National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, scheduled for February 20-22 in Washington, D.C.
The discussion, titled “Remaking Public Health and Preparedness for [...]

RTP, N.C. — Gov. Bev Perdue will speak at a ribbon cutting for a new IBM data center today.
The press conference begins at 2 p.m. The IBM Leadership Data Center is IBM’s greenest data center in North America.
Officials say the $360 million facility provides a case study for cutting electric consumption in half.

RALEIGH, N.C.  – A second panel assembled by North Carolina state government is examining the possibilities of tapping into oil and natural gas reserves off the coast.
The Governor’s Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy meets Tuesday at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Gov. Beverly Perdue formed the committee in September to get advice on the [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue’s top aide and the manager of her winning 2008 campaign is stepping down as her chief of staff.
Perdue announced Thursday that Zach Ambrose will leave the job in the coming weeks. She says Ambrose is an invaluable friend and adviser. Ambrose told Perdue’s senior staff of [...]