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The Civitas Institute says it's become "the victim of either a very bad mistake or a malicious act."
Just prior to today's ten-minute legislative session at which nothing happened, House Speaker Thom Tillis apparently invoked a 25-year-old rule to disperse a protest outside his office.
Thirteenth District Congressman Brad Miller said Thursday that he has decided not to run for governor.
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Seventh District Congressman Mike McIntyre said Friday that he plans to run for re-election and not seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
The Wake County Republican has served in the Senate for 10 years. He previously was county manager.
House Redistricting Chairman David Lewis says accusations that the GOP's maps target Dem women are "absurd" and "misleading." But statistics seem to show otherwise.
Two Raleigh Democratic lawmakers say they'll square off in May's primary after being drawn into the same House district.
Rep. Jennifer Weiss announced today she won't seek re-election in 2012. It's the latest blow to the battered House Democratic caucus.
WRAL News coverage of the General Assembly, including live streams from key committee meetings and legislative sessions, got a nod Monday from the N.C. Center for Voter Education.
A special three-judge panel ruled Monday that two suits challenging the Republican-drawn voting maps for upcoming elections in North Carolina can move forward.
Former NC-2 Dem Congressman Bob Etheridge is seeking his party's nomination for governor in 2012. Can he shake the 2010 video that cost him his congressional seat?
Eleventh District Congressman Health Shuler has become the latest Democratic casualty to voting maps redrawn last year by the Republican legislature.
- Thu Feb 16: General Assembly reconvenes
Gov. Bev Perdue makes an announcement at the Happy Face Preschool in Raleigh on Feb. 22, 2012, about investing in early childhood…
Epxert panelists hold a spin -free discussion about the most urgent issues facing North Carolina.
Charter schools: What are they? Why do we have them? Who benefits and who doesn't? Do they discriminate? WRAL News anchor David…
Rick Santorum is working to distance himself from a controversial comment about contraception from one of his big financial backers.…
Germany's president has resigned over a scandal allegedly involving questionable loans and political favors.
The ceremonial job of issuing city proclamations has created an embarrassing situation for Fayetteville Mayor Tony Chavonne.
North Carolina could save millions of dollars a year by closing the state's 39 outdoor parks and recreation areas to the public…
Nearly 7,000 permanent North Carolina license plates are either unaccounted for or being used improperly, according to a state report…
Rick Santorum's momentum is putting him in the leader's seat in the latest CBS News - New York Times poll. This comes during a…
Washington state Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers said she is concered about the future of the American economy in the weekly GOP…
President Barack Obama gave his weekly address from the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, which he cited as an example of how…
The federal government has $4 million earmarked for elections operations in North Carolina, but state lawmakers aren't in any hurry…
The North Carolina General Assembly reconvened in Raleigh briefly Thursday amid worries by Democrats and activists that Republican…
A legislative committee hears comments on the state crime lab, the innocence commission and the recording of evidence.
Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House, even as…
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defends and explains President Obama's budget proposal at a Senate Finance Committee hearing.
President Obama released a federal government budget Monday that moves the country just a tiny bit closer to sound fiscal ground.…
A meeting involving leaders of the world's two largest economies is just hours away. China's vice president -- who's likely the…
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