City officials say residents who leave trash on the curb will pay about 32% more if the budget is passed. Those who want backyard pickup will see a 57% increase.
Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney has released a Web video hammering President Barack Obama for his assertion Friday that "the economy is doing fine."
Even though federal regulators approved the Duke Progress merger Friday night some state lawmakers are still hoping to stop it on the state level unless it addresses billions of dollars in debt by ElectriCities members.
Gov. Beverly Perdue wants North Carolina legislators to tax video sweepstakes machines as long as they're legal for more education money since lawmakers won't accept her earlier proposal to raise the sales tax.
Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a furious recall campaign on Tuesday, emerging as the victor in a bitter fight over state budgets and collective bargaining rights.
North Carolina moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to compensate victims of a forced sterilization program when the state House approved legislation Tuesday to compensate living survivors $50,000 each.
The judge overseeing the John Edwards case will reconsider a pair of defense motions on whether the government tried the case in the right venue and whether prosecutors gathered evidence improperly.
The city of Charlotte has designated protest areas for the Democratic National Convention that will keep marchers at least two blocks away from the site.
More debate is expected about funding for the sheriff's office. Commissioners voted Monday to use money from housing federal inmates at the jail for the general county fund, instead of for the sheriff's office.
A statement from the White House says Biden is visiting Winston-Salem on Wednesday. He is scheduled to stop at Wake Forest Biotech Place, which is part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests.
A bipartisan group of Charlotte-area state legislators want to make sure the thousands of political animals who will pack the city for the Democratic National Convention can buy liquor on Labor Day.
A North Carolina political organization is running a new television commercial again trying to raise conflict-of-interest questions about Republican gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory while Charlotte's mayor.
The Justice Department entered the long-running struggle over voter eligibility Thursday, warning Florida that its program to check the citizenship status of registered voters violates both Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.
When the Labor Department releases the monthly jobs report on Friday morning, employment numbers among Americans over the age of 50 will be worth a look– for both the long and short term implications.
President Barack Obama finds himself in a political game of "beat the clock," in which each successive economic report increases in electoral importance.
President Barack Obama shared the stage with former President George W. Bush, the predecessor he often inveighs against, in a friendly White House welcome for the unveiling of the 43rd president's official portrait.
House budget-writers have recommended changes to the spending plan for North Carolina state government next year that ease school district funding reductions and give public employees and teachers a small bonus four years after their last pay increase.
