Updated: 4:42 PM A majority of members on the North Carolina Board of Elections say they support opening a campaign finance investigation into 2012 political donations from the operators of sweepstakes games.

Updated: 11:42 PM A bill requiring voters to present photo identification to cast a ballot is headed to the North Carolina Senate after passing the House.

Updated: 11:47 PM Long-time Perdue friend and New Bern lawyer Trawick "Buzzy" Stubbs Jr. and former state magistrate Robert Caldwell of Morganton accepted plea bargains that reduced their charges from felonies.

Posted: 8:17 AM A trio of former supporters of North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue are due in court on charges that they obstructed justice during an investigation of financial activities related to her campaign.

Updated: 11:52 PM The group representing 20 coastal counties in North Carolina has passed a resolution in favor of removing all ferry tolls.

Updated: 11:56 PM North Carolina has changed the way you register your vehicle and pay vehicle taxes and those notices will soon arrive in mailboxes.

Updated: 10:11 PM The Appropriations Committee voted in favor of the bill Tuesday over the objections of Democrats who again tried to add amendments to ease restrictions requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls.

Updated: 10:32 PM Charges were dropped late Tuesday after searches of Kevin Curtis' house failed to turn up ricin.

Posted: 9:07 PM Some North Carolina legislators want to require applicants for North Carolina's cash and worker training welfare program to undergo drug tests to qualify and pay for it themselves.

Updated: 7:52 PM Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter.

Posted: 7:44 PM The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday.

Posted: 12:47 PM The president of the North Carolina NAACP is calling for religious leaders to organize non-violent protests to bring attention to what he considers a Republican crusade against poor and minority residents.

Posted: 3:31 PM Abortion rights-advocates and political observers say state bills to add new restrictions to abortion could set up a confrontation between lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory.

Updated: 7:28 PM A bill filed earlier this week, calls for the regulation of what some lawmakers believe to be aggressive dog breeds in our state.

Posted: 8:27 PM A group of Republican lawmakers want to get rid of the costly runoffs that usually draw less than 10 percent of North Carolina voters.

Updated: 11:18 PM The date for the federal trial of a former North Carolina state legislator accused of theft, fraud and filing false tax returns has been set.

Updated: 9:10 PM It was an emotional day Thursday in Goldsboro as hundreds of people visited "The Wall That Heals," a traveling replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Posted: 10:47 PM The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for a bill to increase the maximum penalty for the most serious abuse charge from roughly 15 years to 33 years

Updated: 6:12 PM The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control.

Updated: 7:48 AM Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure.

Updated: 8:48 PM The Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety was in Eastern Carolina Tuesday where we had a chance to ask him about security concerns in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Posted: 8:03 PM New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest.

Updated: 7:51 PM An envelope addressed to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison.

Posted: 3:22 PM An effort to overhaul North Carolina's automobile insurance system has been thwarted in a House committee after Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and other speakers warned passing the bill would raise premium rates for everyone.

Posted: 4:50 AM Gay rights supporters in North Carolina fell short last year in stopping a constitutional amendment that made clear same-sex marriage and civil unions are unlawful in the state. Now they're lobbying again, this time to seek more protections for state workers.