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 [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Bev Perdue will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss the importance of being prepared for flu season and receiving seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines.
Perdue, other cabinet members and officials will receive seasonal flu vaccines at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Press Conference Room, 1st Floor, Administration Building

RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Beverly Perdue will lead an international trade mission to China and Japan next month in hopes of boosting commerce between North Carolina and Asia.
Perdue, Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco and others will be making the trip. Business leaders and regional economic developers will join the two as they meet with trading partners [...]

During her run for governor last year, Bev Perdue often talked about the need for campaign-finance reform.
She said the state needs to find an alternative to the current system, in which candidates for the state’s top offices raise many millions of dollars through private contributions.
Perdue even made the issue the subject of [...]