A North Carolina prosecutor investigating potential state criminal charges involving former Gov.

Beverly Perdue 's often-told campaign story a ' how the girl from Virginia coal country with parents who didn't finish high school became somebody a ' still strikes a chord a year after her election.

By Bob Hall When a politician cheats or steals, the press loves to play "gotcha" and the public is outraged.

The comments, however, are seemingly less of an accusation and more of a reflection on the spate of recent corruption scandals involving top state officials.

To stay in his new job for long, Sen. Martin Nesbitt will need to help convince voters the Democrats who control state government can be trusted with another two years in charge.

The hearing for former Governor Mike Easley will continue Thursday morning as investigators call current and former state employees to the stand.

3 Mike Easley painted himself as Mr. Clean, but there was dirt under his fingernails.

The recent State Board of Election hearings on Governor Easley and his alleged campaign activities, as well as the Verizon contracting scandal, have once again shaken confidence in our state government.

A political operative who guided former Gov. Mike Easley's two campaigns for North Carolina's top office has entered a federal courthouse where documents show a grand jury is meeting.

Investigators conducting the ongoing federal probe of former Gov. Mike Easley have issued subpoenas to state environmental officials, reports the Raleigh News & Observer .

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. If Democratic fundraiser Lanny Wilson doesn't want to trap Gov.

How about $800 million from one fund. Well, actually, only $400 million has been wasted, so far.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. When the Golden Leaf Foundation was formed to receive 50 percent of North Carolina's portion of tobacco settlement funds, there were great hopes this organization would make a significant impact on a state wracked by the decline of the golden ...

Gov. Perdue expects results from trip. View Larger RALEIGH Hoping to borrow on a legacy of former Gov.

An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York.

The Golden LEAF Foundation has failed to effectively oversee the more than $300 million in economic development grants it has made since it was formed a decade ago, according to the state auditor's office.

Do you believe former Gov. Mike Easley improperly used campaign contributions? The answer for the vast majority of voters in Triangle Business Journal's latest online survey was "yes." The above question about Easley's use of campaign funds was posted on www.trianglebusinessjournal.com and sent out in TBJ's Daily E-mail Updates from Oct.

I'm beginning to think Diogenes was right - there is no such thing as an honest man.

Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, one of North Carolina's most powerful and colorful politicians, said Wednesday he was leaving the Legislature by the end of the year to become chairman of the state parole commission.

And so a new era begins. After 14 years with Republican Mayor Pat McCrory at the wheel, Charlotte will see a new approach in the person of Democrat Anthony Foxx.