RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue today named Gerald “Jerry” L. Fralick of Chapel Hill to serve as the state’s Chief Information Officer (CIO).  George Bakolia, who was appointed Chief Information Officer in 2002, will stay on as Senior Deputy Chief CIO, a deputy position that is currently vacant.
“Jerry and George have years of experience and [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – Gov. Beverly Perdue has officially told North Carolina lawmakers they won’t have to return to the state capital to consider overriding her first veto.
Perdue signed Wednesday a proclamation rescinding her earlier call for the General Assembly to reconvene in Raleigh this Friday for a veto session.
Legislative leaders decided last week they wouldn’t [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – The top education leaders in North Carolina are meeting with Gov. Beverly Perdue for the first time since a state budget passed that required painful belt-tightening.
Perdue scheduled a meeting of the North Carolina Education Cabinet on Wednesday in Durham. The cabinet includes state schools Superintendent June Atkinson, State Board of Education Chairman [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina political heavyweights are coming together to raise money for Virginia’s Democratic nominee for governor.
Gov. Beverly Perdue and former Gov. Jim Hunt are involved in a fundraiser for Virginia state Sen. Creigh (kree) Deeds scheduled Oct. 1 at the Capital City Club in downtown Raleigh. The suggested minimum contribution is $500.
Perdue [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina courts weighed in again Tuesday on how far a governor can go to balance the state’s budget, this time ruling then-Gov. Mike Easley was wrong to transfer $80 million from a road-building fund to pay for other government operations.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the state Court of [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – Gov. Beverly Perdue is running out of time to decide on bills left on her desk by the North Carolina General Assembly before it left town last month.
The state constitution gives Perdue until midnight Thursday to sign or veto legislation. Those not considered within the 30-day window automatically become law.
Perdue has left [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Office of Governor Bev Perdue today launched a twitter page, https://twitter.com/ncgovoffice, to help citizens find the latest news and information from inside the Governor’s Office and administration.
“With only 140 characters, a little bit of twitter can go a long way toward my goal of a transparent, accountable and interactive state gov’t,” [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina consumers soon will have new protections from foreclosures and intimidating debt collection practices.
Gov. Beverly Perdue planned Wednesday to sign into law a bill approved by the Legislature last month and backed by Attorney General Roy Cooper.
The Consumer Economic Protection Act allows a clerk of court to continue a foreclosure hearing [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue didn’t flinch when she got her regular flu shot.
Neither did top administration officials who joined her in receiving vaccinations Tuesday at a news conference.
Perdue urged residents to use good hygiene to prevent the spread of the seasonal flu and the swine flu. She said the general public [...]