Pat McCrory News

The North Carolina Senate gave initial approval Wednesday to a state budget proposal after a fierce partisan debate in which Democrats accused the plan's Republican authors of choosing tax reductions over restoring cuts to education, health and rural development.

Wednesday, McCrory sat down for a one-on-one interview with WFMY News 2's Morgan Hightowe r to recap and lay out his legislative priorities.

The North Carolina General Assembly has begun its end-of-session wrestling to reconcile Gov.

On the heels of an announcement of a new state forest in Western North Carolina, conservation groups are cautiously applauding the state Senate's proposed budget, which more than doubles the conservation funding levels from those in the governor's budget The funding, however, is still a mere fraction of original levels, and one WNC lawmaker said ... (more)

JPMorgan Chase President, Mid-Atlantic market, Wayne Trotman and North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, speak at the Foundation For The Carolinas, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

But the compromise bill comes with a sweetener that has the support of city leaders and the governor's office.

Pat McCrory’s administration. The announcement came after The News & Observer began asking questions earlier in the day about the connections between the law firm that Shanahan started in 2001 and the lobbying company that he and his wife formed in 2009.

North Carolina Senate leaders on Sunday released a $20.6 billion state budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year as part of a biennium budget plan.

Channel 9 anchor Blair Miller will sit down with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Wednesday.

While his Republican brethren have found themselves at odds with local pols, N.C. Gov.

North Carolina's lieutenant governor conducts state business in a 130-year-old home that's been freshened up since Dan Forest took office as the state's No.

Initially a statewide bill, the measure, approved by a Republican majority with no Democrats voting yes, applies to just nine of the state's 100 counties – including Wake – prompting charges of political payback.

"We're going to continue our acts of civil disobedience because the General Assembly has made a cruel attack on the most vulnerable people in this state," declared Rev.

In their place, new rules would take the emphasis off the upstream causes of pollution – development, agricultural pesticides and wastewater from cities – and focus on treating the lake itself.

Leaders in a North Carolina county have removed one of their own from his elected position after a hearing that focused on erratic behavior and alleged threats against county employees.

Lawmakers in the North Carolina House have voted to allow tolls for I-95, but only for any new lanes that are built.

Senate Republicans said Monday their two-year budget proposal demonstrates how Medicaid keeps siphoning away money from other priorities, but critics assert that the GOP spending plan keeps taking from the needy and the middle class.

North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov.

For the first time in 20 years, the Watauga County Board of Elections is about to undergo a political shift.

The Republican-led Senate is giving the public its first glimpse into the chamber's North Carolina budget proposal for the next two years.