Gov. Pat McCrory says a bill laying out how wind farms can operate in North Carolina will help create a diverse supply of energy for the state and boost the economy.

A judge has refused to halt Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's policy denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

Greenville Tea Party leader Diane Rufino says the local group was not targeted, but she believes what happened across the country with other conservative groups is criminal.

Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records.

The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views.

The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill Tuesday changing the law currently requiring filers to pay a penalty for up to 25 percent on what's called "the amount of the tax."

The New Bern Board of Aldermen met for the first time Tuesday night since the troubles last week involving Mayor Lee Bettis and voted not to even discuss the mayor at this time.

The bill approved unanimously Tuesday by the House would require those convicted of the misdemeanor charge to receive a minimum $500 fine. A driver who hits a child and faces a felony would receive a minimum $2,500 fine.

The bill is named for Allison Gaither, who police say was fatally stabbed in 2009 by her estranged husband near her Winston-Salem home. She had taken out a domestic violence order.

A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed.

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

Senate Republicans have rolled out a tax plan in Raleigh that would subject almost all services to sales tax.

Top House Republicans are denouncing the Internal Revenue service for apparently targeting tea party groups ahead of the 2012 election.

Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut potential presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The 1978 graduate of Catawba College is returning to his alma mater on Saturday to deliver the Salisbury school's commencement address.

Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, Libya, with State Department and other senior administration officials asking that references to terror groups and prior warnings be deleted, according to department emails.

The organization Freedom Watch blames the Obama administration for a 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 22 navy seals including one from here in eastern carolina.

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill its sponsors say protects First Amendment rights at University of North Carolina campuses.

The state House wants North Carolina governmental bodies to record many meetings they hold behind closed doors.

Clayton Bauman shadowed Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden for a day.

Legislation meant to clarify when and how student-led prayers are allowed in public schools has passed the North Carolina Senate.

After 12-years on the job, Emerald Isle Mayor Art Schools says he will not seek re-election.

The North Carolina House wants voters to decide whether to limit how long people can serve as the General Assembly's top leaders.

Two bills dealing with newborn children have been signed into law by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.

House Republicans seeking to further restrict abortions in North Carolina have passed a bill barring the procedures on the basis of the gender of the fetus.