North Carolina Government News

As health departments battle the H1N1 flu virus, health workers worry that another epidemic may be brewing - one for a sexually transmitted disease that had almost disappeared from North Carolina 10 years ago.

It's just got a whole lot easier to to tap into North Carolina's reuse sector. Last week, leaders from the state's reuse industry gathered with representatives from environmental education and public works agencies to launch "Reuse Alliance North Carolina," the first statewide network focused on connecting, supporting, and promoting local reuse ...

North Carolina and Microsoft are launching a public-private partnership to provide technology training to the state's residents at no cost, Gov.

We aren't the only state socking it to college students: The University of California Board of Regents was expected to approve a plan on Thursday to raise undergraduate fees a ' the equivalent of tuition a ' 32 percent by next fall, to help make up for steep cuts in state funding.

An environmental group says North Carolina's future with solar energy can be bright.

The state of North Carolina has launched a new Web site to provide access to online courses from K-12 grades, community colleges and universities.

Virginia and North Carolina health officials are advising against consuming walleye fish caught in Lake Gaston because of mercury contamination.

Lawyers for a disgraced former North Carolina legislator have gone back to court seeking to overturn his conviction for obstruction of justice.

It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians do math. Given North Carolina's recent budget woes and massive federal budget deficits as far as the eye can see, it should be obvious that many lawmakers never learned how to subtract.

The Senate Democratic Caucus met Tuesday morning to name a new majority leader to replace retiring Senator Tony Rand.

Consumers who had trouble cancelling trial offers for Vonage's Internet phone service now have a chance to get money back.

Families across North Carolina and state government felt the same financial pressures this year as they cobbled together paths for children to get a college degree.

Taxpayers in the Carolinas e-filed a record 4.3 million federal income tax returns during 2009 for tax year 2008.

Gov. Beverly Perdue wants changes to state motor vehicle fleet rules because some North Carolina government agencies have little-used state vehicles in their parking lots.

The North Carolina Film Council is staying in business. Gov. Beverly Perdue signed an executive order reauthorizing the council Thursday at EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.

Relentless rain swept along much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, triggering coastal flood warnings and watches from North Carolina to Long Island.

Now that the health care reform fight has moved to the U.S. Senate, North Carolina's Sen.

A portion of Interstate 81 in Greene County, already carrying detoured traffic because of a North Carolina rock slide, soon will be closed for emergency repairs.

Health officials in North Carolina say two pregnant women were among five people who died of pandemic H1N1 flu or similar symptoms in one week.

That old adage "No rest for the weary" could have been coined with Mark and Barbara Van Art in mind.