Updated: 9:41 PM 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.
Posted: 11:57 AM 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.
Updated: 10:16 AM The largest single day of voting in the Republican presidential race is two days away, with 419 delegates at stake in 10 states.
Posted: 3:29 PM 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.
Posted: 6:01 AM 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.
Posted: 5:58 AM 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.
Updated: 9:34 PM Mitt Romney has won a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses.
Posted: 5:10 AM One of the leading Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor is staying home to begin his campaign in earnest.
Posted: 4:58 AM 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.
Posted: 9:22 PM First lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte into an elementary school gym.
Updated: 1:52 PM President Barack Obama will travel to Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday to speak about the economy.
Updated: 6:28 AM Thomas Moton officially began his new assignment as Greenville's interim city manager and he is considering applying to take the position full-time.
Updated: 9:51 PM U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles ruled Thursday in Greensboro jury selection will begin April 12th for the federal trial about John Edwards' alleged misuse of campaign funds. A planned January start was delayed while Edwards was treated for a heart condition.
Updated: 6:25 AM The conservative media publisher and activist was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.
Posted: 12:17 PM The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage.
Posted: 7:40 PM A close friend of Gov. Beverly Perdue has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to unreported flights on private planes he provided.
Updated: 7:31 PM Lawmakers considering what North Carolina can do to clamp down on illegal immigration heard Wednesday from businesses that seek out cheap labor, and also got an earful from protesters who said they're in the country illegally.
Posted: 5:27 PM Attorney General Roy Cooper has a clear ride to another four years as North Carolina's top law enforcement job after no one filed to run against the Democrat.
Posted: 5:01 PM Long-time NC House of Representative Member, Marian McLawhorn, arrived to the Pitt county Board of Elections, an hour before the filing period ended, Wednesday.
Updated: 11:46 PM The legislators met Tuesday and didn't make suggestions to the full Program Evaluation Oversight Committee based on a report released earlier this month.
Posted: 10:48 PM First lady Michelle Obama is planning to visit Raleigh and Charlotte to meet with military families, school children and to make remarks in advance of this summer's Democratic National Convention in the Queen City.
Updated: 11:40 PM Eleven candidates have said they will seek the office being vacated by Beverly Perdue, but one has yet to officially file. The filing period ends Wednesday at noon.
Updated: 10:36 PM The former Massachusetts governor defeated Rick Santorum, who had waged a hard-fought battle for the state.
Posted: 8:35 PM The group will examine whether unemployment fraud penalties are similar to those for other acts of fraud and how to make workforce training and job placement a key mission of the recently revamped state Division of Unemployment Security.
Posted: 7:36 PM The group called State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations made no recommendations on whether North Carolina should allow fracking, but said if it happens, state regulations would have to be prepared.
