Gov. Perdue

Governor Bev Perdue put out a press release announcing she would raise the sales tax in the budget she will present to the General Assembly for the Spring short session. She said ... Keep Reading

Governor Perdue announced 18 appointments to the new, supposedly non-partisan, Judicial Nominating Commission yesterday. The Judicial Nominating Commission will be responsible for ... Keep Reading

An attorney for the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) said a lawsuit will be filed challenging the constitutionality of overriding the veto of a bill that stopped the ... Keep Reading

State House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) says Governor Bev Perdue is disenfranchising thousands of voters in the 113th District by delaying the seating of Representative ... Keep Reading

With the new year comes many new laws here in North Carolina, including legislation that should have the NAACP and Democracy NC crowd up in arms. Senate Bill 474 (which actually ... Keep Reading

Governor Beverly Perdue signed a proclamation calling state lawmakers back to Raleigh January 4 to consider her veto of Senate bill 9. That bill restricted what evidence death row ... Keep Reading

Richard Shaffer, the District Attorney for Lincoln and Cleveland Counties, has resigned from the Governor's Crime Commission in response to Gov. Perdue's veto of the Racial Justice ... Keep Reading

Here comes the re-match. Republican Pat McCrory told the Associated Press in an interview he will run for Governor. "McCrory told The Associated Press in an interview Monday he's ... Keep Reading

A former staffer and fund raiser for Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a Wake County courtroom Wednesday afternoon. But Peter Reichard offered ... Keep Reading