Executive and legislative branches in North Carolina have clashed for years over the balance between the governor's authority to manage state government and the requirement that the General Assembly's laws get carried out.

The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press.

Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern primary showdowns in the week ahead.

President Barack Obama is hitting back at Republican criticism of his energy policies and his role in controlling gasoline prices.

If you are renting to a lot of roommates you could be breaking the law in Greenville, but city council members are considering allowing exceptions.

The lawmakers have introduced a bill "No Tolls in North Carolina Act of 2012" to prevent the Federal Highway Administration from approving a pilot program that would add tolls in order to pay for its expansion.

The Legislature's leading staff attorney on constitutional matters says Gov. Beverly Perdue had no legal authority to issue a one-year moratorium on new and increasing tolls for North Carolina's ferry system.

Wednesday President Obama was in North Carolina talking about his energy policy. Some local drivers told us what they think of the president's ideas.

North Carolina's primary is May 8th, and could see quite a few voters turn out, not just for the presidential race, but also for governor and the amendment defining marriage between one man and one woman.

Mitt Romney is adding one more victory to his Super Tuesday showing, the Alaska caucuses.

State senate candidate Tony Moore is being challenged not just by his competitor, but by a citizen.

Rick Santorum has won the Super Tuesday primary in Tennessee & Oklahoma, and the North Dakota caucuses.

Mitt Romney has won Virginia, Massachusetts and Vermont on Super Tuesday.

NBC News has projected Newt Gingrich as the winner of the primary in Georgia as polls begin to close in some of the 11 Super Tuesday states.

Taking sharply different stands, President Barack Obama on Monday urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his nation's right to a pre-emptive attack.

On the eve of their Super Tuesday showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum strained for an edge in Ohio on Monday and braced for the 10 primaries and caucuses likely to redefine the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

A former aide to Gov. Beverly Perdue has pleaded not guilty to charges over secret salary payments received while working on the Democrat's campaign.

The largest single day of voting in the Republican presidential race is two days away, with 419 delegates at stake in 10 states.

If 2010 was the year of the tea party movement in North Carolina, then 2012 looks like the year of moving up the state's political ladder.

President Barack Obama is defending his support for ally Israel against what he says are politically-motivated attempts to show him as less than fully supportive of the Jewish state.

A Washington state victory in hand, Mitt Romney is pushing ahead to Tuesday's 10-state bonanza that features contests from Alaska to Ohio to Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney has won a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses.

One of the leading Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor is staying home to begin his campaign in earnest.

After two months of voting, none of the Republican candidates for president is getting much support from the GOP leaders who could play an important role in determining the party's nominee for president.

First lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte into an elementary school gym.