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A former fundraiser at N.C. State University who worked closely with former first lady Mary Easley talked Wednesday with federal agents about her job at the university.

The federal investigation into former Gov. Mike Easley has grand jurors reviewing documents related to a lease agreement between the N.C. Ports Authority and a Brunswick County marina.

During this decade, legislators overhauled the ethics code for public officials, toughened lobbying laws and instituted new public-disclosure requirements.

Would it be right for the Louvre to throw a towel over the Mona Lisa? For Rodin's works to be dressed in double-knits in the name of modesty? For the snappy Tom Fetzer, state Republican chairman and former Raleigh mayor, to be limited to one navy blue sport coat and a pair of khakis? No! And thus it is with the outrageous delays in the public ...

The stream of revelations surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his family highlights the need for more changes in ethics and lobbying laws, according to a broad coalition now at work at the General Assembly.

By John Hood RALEIGH - North Carolina is experiencing something unprecedented in modern times: an unpopular first-term governor.

Randall C. "Randy" Ramsey of Beaufort, N.C., founder, president and CEO of Jarrett Bay Yacht Sales, has been appointed to the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees by Gov.

Former first lady Mary Easley's hiring left a trail of dethroned N.C. State officials, but she has notified the university that she doesn't plan to join them.

The portrait of former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley is staying out sight -- very much like the man himself.

During his eight years in office, former Gov. Mike Easley built a reputation for being reclusive and seldom seen in public.

North Carolina got most of its quarter-million-dollar deposit back after cancelling the order for a new state jet last fall.

A Raleigh man is accused of threatening North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue. Investigators said 46-year-old Angelos Vangelos threatened Governor Bev Perdue and several other top state leaders.

Mrs. Easleya TMs lost her scholastic robes and left the stage at NCSU to a communal sigh of relief;a 'but therea TMs an important question left unanswered: Who pulled the strings to get her the job? After all, when someone robs a bank, gets caught and gives back part of the money they dona TMt get a medal for good citizenship.

North Carolina State University officials on Tuesday revoked a lucrative payout to former Provost Larry Nielsen, saying it wasn't approved by university trustees.

Former N.C. first lady Mary Easley raised money for a lecture series she ran at N.C. State University by focusing on people and companies that had business before state government or that had already been helped by her husband's administration, according to documents and interviews.

Senate leaders have added a tax increase on electricity to a long-marinating tax reform plan they presented to House budget writers this week.

By Mike Baker - The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. -- Federal prosecutors investigating former Gov.

In this Wednesday Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Gov. Mike Easley is interviewed by the media at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. Federal investigators on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 subpoenaed several years of Mary Easley's employment records, adding to scrutiny of the former first lady's university job and potential perks given to her husband while ...

The revelation that Democratic appropriations kingpins may face a House ethics investigation of their campaign receipts from lobbyists for recipients of government grants and contracts moves Republicans closer to gaining a corruption issue in 2010.

A spokesman for former Governor Mike Easley released a statement Wednesday to "set the record" straight about a hiring controversy surrounding his wife Mary at North Carolina State University.