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WRAL.com archive: Jim Black corruption scandal
Jim Black was one of the most powerful politicians in North Carolina, serving as speaker of the state House for a record eight years, before a corruption scandal involving cash payoffs, shady relationships and other offenses brought him and several of his associations down.
Six months after his release from federal prison on political corruption charges, former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black insists in an exclusive interview with WRAL News that he did nothing illegal.
Former state House Speaker Jim Black, who was imprisoned on state and federal corruption charges, will receive back his license to practice optometry.
Former state House Speaker Jim Black has been released from federal prison, his attorney said Monday.
Former state House Speaker Jim Black will get out of prison a year early, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Web site.
Calling complaints about how a criminal fine was paid "idiotic," a Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced former House Speaker Jim Black to 11 to 14 months in prison on a bribery charge.
Former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black will be finishing the rest of five-year sentence on a corruption conviction at a federal prison in Jesup, Ga., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Attorneys for former House Speaker Jim Black say he's served enough time for a political corruption conviction.
Former House Speaker Jim Black has paid off a $1 million fine stemming from criminal charges he pleaded guilty to two years ago.
Former state House Speaker Jim Black paid $500,000 Thursday toward the $1 million fine that is part of his sentence for a state obstruction of justice conviction. The money goes to Wake County Schools.
Disgraced former House Speaker Jim Black on Thursday voluntarily surrendered his license to practice optometry while serving a federal prison sentence for political corruption.
Disgraced former state House Speaker Jim Black on Friday was granted an extension to pay a $1 million fine on a state obstruction of justice conviction.
The state Board of Optometry has scheduled a December hearing to consider disciplinary action against optometrist and former House speaker Jim Black.
The North Carolina Board of Elections is investigating a national organization with ties to former state House Speaker Jim Black to see if it violated state campaign-finance laws.
Former state lawmaker Michael Decker on Tuesday reported to a federal prison in Bennettsville, S.C.
One of North Carolina's most powerful lobbyists is calling it quits. Don Beason has not been charged with a crime, but a suspicious loan will end his career in lobbying.
Former House Speaker Jim Black headed for Lewisburg, Pa., to start serving his prison sentence on a corruption charge.
Lobbyist Don Beason was under fire Wednesday, a day after he was identified as the person who gave former House Speaker Jim Black $500,000 seven years ago.
Former House Speaker Jim Black was moved sometime overnight from the Wake County Jail to the Franklin County Jail, authorities said.
Lobbyists and political activists worried about the ethical dilemmas created by the scandals surrounding the former House speaker.
Former House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced to eight to 10 months on an obstruction of justice charge and was fined $1 million. Sentencing on a bribery charge will take place in December.
Former House Speaker Jim Black surrendered at the U.S. Marshal's Service office in downtown Raleigh Monday afternoon to begin a 63-month federal prison term.
Former House Speaker Jim Black on Thursday asked again for a delay in reporting to federal prison so he could attend a scheduled sentencing hearing in Wake County court next Tuesday.
A federal judge has approved a request by former House Speaker Jim Black to serve his sentence for a public corruption conviction at the federal prison in Butner.
Former House Speaker Jim Black asked a federal judge Thursday to recommend alcohol treatment for him while serving his upcoming prison sentence for accepting $25,000 in cash from chiropractors.
State Republican leaders are asking anyone with information about the unidentified lobbyist who gave former House Speaker Jim Black a $500,000 loan to contact the state Board of Elections.
Former House Speaker Jim Black is scheduled to be sentenced on state bribery and obstruction of justice charges within the next three weeks.
Two days after former House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced to federal prison for corruption, the State Board of Elections is turning its attention to $500,000 given to him seven years ago.
Former House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced Wednesday to 63 months in prison on a federal corruption charge.
The positioning over the proper punishment for former House Speaker Jim Black on federal corruption charges continued Tuesday in the final day before he is sentenced.
Former state House Speaker Jim Black provided little help when questioned by federal investigators after he admitted taking cash from chiropractors, and may have been less than honest, the government said Monday in arguing against a lenient sentence for him.
The federal judge who had been slated to handle the sentencing of former House Speaker Jim Black is stepping aside, citing the public's needs for closure and confidence in the administration of justice.
Kevin Geddings, who was appointed to a panel overseeing the state-run numbers game, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for trying to hide his ties to a lottery vendor.
A judge sentenced former lawmaker Michael Decker on Friday to four years in prison, two years probation and a $50,000 fine in connection with a political corruption investigation that toppled former House Speaker Jim Black.
For the second time in a week, former House Speaker Jim Black faced a judge Tuesday and entered a plea on corruption charges.
Former House Speaker Jim Black pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal corruption charge, ending months of teetering on the brink as a growing list of associates were convicted of various offenses.
Former State House Speaker Jim Black's political career may soon be coming to an end. According to a published report, Black is expected to resign and plead guilty on a federal corruption charge on Thursday.
An optometrist linked to questionable fund-raising for former House speaker Jim Black pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony obstruction of justice.
Embattled state House Speaker Jim Black said Tuesday night he will not seek another term as speaker, ending an eight-year tenure as the top official in the state House.
State election officials rejected a protest over hundreds of disputed ballots and certified Jim Black as the winner for a seat in the state House.
Hundreds of ballots in House Speaker Jim Black's tight race for re-election are invalid, election officials said Tuesday, setting the race up for a possible new election.
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