A gun-rights group says North Carolina's school principals and teachers should have the right to carry concealed firearms into the classroom.

A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that would give the state the explicit authority to allow the organizer of a New Year's Eve Possum Drop to use a live animal.

B.J. Murphy told WITN that his decision not to run as a re-dedication to his family and business.

A solution to ridding North Carolina of its $2.6 billion in unemployment debt more quickly through lower benefits and higher taxes has received approval by the full House.

The North Carolina state Senate has given its initial OK to legislation that would block expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul and let the federal government build the state's health insurance exchange.

An immigration debate is raging and a budget crisis looms in Congress, but the conservative activists gathered outside the New Hampshire Statehouse had just one thing on their minds: guns.

Renewing a 3-year-old fight over bank oversight, Senate Republicans say they will oppose President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless the office created after the 2008 Wall Street financial meltdown is significantly changed.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's communications director says he's leaving the job after only three months in Raleigh because of family concerns.

The Agriculture Department is proposing new nutritional rules that would apply to most all foods sold in schools.

Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller is the new chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, barely turning back a last-minute push by former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.

Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush's beloved black Scottish terrier.

Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans.

Hundreds of Marines and Sailors stationed right here in the east made it home Thursday night after a six-month deployment.

The head of the Secret Service is stepping down after 30 years on the job.

A new lawmaker from Eastern Carolina has made a strong statement in an e-mail to the NAACP.

The benefit modifications mean emergency federal benefits would have to end, affecting possibly 80,000 unemployed workers.

Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner has returned to a state government post, this time as the state ABC board chief.

Many cities have ordinances banning topless women but Asheville does not.

The Senate is poised today to allow the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, putting off one Washington showdown even as others loom in coming weeks.

Gov. Pat McCrory has appointed three new members to the State Board of Education, including the operator of Eastern Carolina tutor centers.

Several bills were filed at the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday, the first work day for the 2013 session:

Legislative leaders say they want to improve public education, scale back regulations and overhaul the tax system in part through lower income tax rates.

Some grass-roots supporters of outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have formed a super PAC to help a potential Clinton presidential campaign in 2016 — even though Clinton says she hasn't decided her plans.

The governor's office provided this week a list of 38 people working there since McCrory was sworn in Jan. 5. A McCrory spokeswoman says the figures show he's on track to spend less than Democratic predecessor Beverly Perdue.

The leader of the North Carolina House says focusing on government efficiencies and fixing the state's indebted unemployment insurance system will free up money so businesses can create jobs and vulnerable citizens are cared for.