North Carolina Government News

North Carolina has launched a Web site to help the state's bars, restaurants and hotels to kick the smoking habit for good.

School choice advocates have brought a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking funding equity in public education.

The Majority Leader of the North Carolina Senate, Tony Rand, has announced his resignation from the state legislature, according to the News & Observer.

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan has withdrawn her support for a possible lifetime federal appointment for a state judge who ruled in favor of a company that includes Hagan's husband.

A North Carolina home daycare is closed while authorities investigate the death of an infant.

Governor Bev Perdue has appointed Senator Tony Rand to head the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission.

The White House has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill seats on the nation's most conservative federal appeals court.

A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his sport utility vehicle at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte's airport.

The latest round of political corruption charges - this time accompanied with a hefty round of fines - circling former Gov.

The House and Senate are getting back to work on whether they can agree to an overhaul of North Carolina's tax structure next year.

A Republican congresswoman said Monday that people have more to fear from Democratic health care legislation than from terrorists.

Crews are hoping they can begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today the launch of www.SmokeFree.NC.gov, a website to help implement North Carolinaa s new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010.

The man behind the quiet data-crunching enterprise is Richard Newell, a Duke University economist and energy enthusiast.

Sort of like the proverbial picture worth a thousand words, a recent update on North Carolina's unemployment figures painted an image worth millions of dollars - quite a few millions.

More North Carolinians want to see a new senator elected in 2010 than would like to see Sen.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today the launch of www.SmokeFree.NC.gov , a website to help implement North Carolina's new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina discuss a new report on health insurance reform and health care: a oeAmericans who live in rural communities have a harder time finding the doctor they need and getting the care they deserve and their health suffersa said Sebelius.

Customers of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina are up in arms about a flier the company sent out urging their clientele to oppose health care reform -- shortly after sending out a notice informing them their health insurance rates would go up an average of 11 percent.

Gov. Beverly Perdue signed an emergency declaration Wednesday to help with cleanup from a rock slide which has blocked traffic on Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.