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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.

The State Board of Elections wants campaign finance reform following the $100,000A penaltyA it handed the Mike Easley campaign committee for unreported flights.

Cool and Unflappable a ' Hooey! Carter Wrenn posted on November 02, 2009 17:22 A lot of my Democratic friends and a fair amount of the media were raving last week about how cool and unflappable Mike Easley was at his hearing before the State Board of Elections;---but how many times can a fellow fall for the same con job? Sergeant Shultz was German ...

Gary Allen, a developer, doesn't remember anything about writing two $50,000 checks to the N.C. Democratic Party.

Special governor's account, free flights discussed By David N. Bass Carolina Journal RALEIGH - A fourth day of hearings Thursday in a North Carolina Board of Elections' probe into alleged criminal wrongdoing by former Gov.

Dave Horne, who was treasurer for former Gov. Mike Easley's gubernatorial campaign, struggled to understand or remember the answer a lot of questions during his testimony Tuesday.

Larry Leake doesn't miss much, as he reminded his friend Mike Easley this week. The former governor was testifying under oath about his campaign activity in front of the state Board of Elections, which Leake chairs.

In the final hours of testimony today at the N.C. State Board of Elections' hearings into former Gov.

RALEIGH a ' Political observers knew he would show up, but few could have guessed that he would hang around so long.

The legal counsel of then-Gov. Mike Easley while in office has blocked his own testimony for now before the State Board of Elections, citing attorney-client privilege.

A Duke University police officer was arrested and charged with rape in Alabama over the weekend.

Gary Allen, a Charlotte developer who now lives in Florida, said he doesn't remember writing two $50,000 checks to the N.C. Democratic Party.

Gov. Mike Easley directed his campaign to pay for $11,000 in roof and bathroom repairs and other fix-ups at his personal residence in Raleigh, and he kept it secret from the public, according to testimony and records at a state elections board hearing Monday.