CHARLOTTE, N.C.  – The candidates began their campaigns months ago, and now it’s up to the voters in North Carolina’s
largest city to decide which of them will be the new mayor.
Polls in Charlotte will open at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 7:30 p.m. Democrat Anthony Foxx and Republican John Lassiter are competing to [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – An audit says the state board that licenses North Carolina funeral home directors and embalmers failed to maintain properly the minutes from the board’s closed sessions.
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office said Tuesday the state Board of Funeral Service acknowledged to auditors that formal minutes of the closed sessions had not been created [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. – Several dozen legislators are back in Raleigh to discuss North Carolina’s tax structure and whether an overhaul can be approved as soon as next spring.
A joint House-Senate finance committee met for the first time Tuesday to hear from experts on the state’s sales tax and its exemptions.
Democratic leaders at the General Assembly [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina appellate judges have upheld the conviction of former state Rep. Thomas Wright on three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
Wright was found guilty in April 2008 and sent to prison on charges he mishandled charity contributions and fraudulently obtained a $150,000 loan. A three-judge panel on the North Carolina [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — There will be no last minute campaigning from Cathy Truitt, candidate for the District 2 school board seat in Wake County. After an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw her request for a runoff against John Tedesco, Truitt announced she would accept the seat if elected.
But the controversial candidate said Monday she is finished [...]

If you want to vote early, you only have two more days.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Early voting ends Saturday. If you are not yet registered to vote, you can still mark a ballot on early voting days, because staff will register you on site.
See the full list of area times and locations for early [...]

By Lauren Hills
NBC17 NEWS
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Just a few days before the November election and the mayoral candidates in Chapel Hill are making their final pushes for votes.
Mark Kleinschmidt, an eight-year council member, said he’s experienced in handling issues he believes are most important to the town. For example, he said downtown safety, the [...]

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 [...]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  – A retroactive change in North Carolina law allows thousands of students who came close to getting a high school diploma to finally collect their sheepskins.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported Thursday the change affects students who finished all requirements for graduation except passing the state competency tests in reading and math, or a computer [...]