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North Carolina's awful economy and a new chapter of campaign and ethics investigations made governing difficult for Democrats in 2009.

North Carolina's awful economy and a new chapter of campaign and ethics investigations made governing difficult for Democrats in 2009.

RALEIGH I was going through some old papers the other day and ran across a news release from a couple years back.

In recent years in North Carolina, female politicians have had lots of success. But in the race for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen.

When Bush administration officials came to Capitol Hill earlier this week to make the case for a buyout of bad mortgage debt, Sen.

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Robert Parker of Shelby, who served with the Army's 363rd Regiment, Company H, 91st Infantry Division, was among World War II veterans on the Oct.

North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge said Friday he has decided against a run for Senate next year, saying he'd prefer to remain working in the lower chamber.

When 88-year-old Aron Abrahamsen of Lecanto got off the plane in Ocala on Oct. 29, he was overcome with emotion.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's communications director is stepping down from his job.

More than 100 World War II veterans from North Carolina got a long overdue trip to the nation's capital this week to visit the memorial built in their honor.

More than 100 veterans from North Carolina are traveling to the nation's capital to visit the World War II memorial there.

Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., no longer spends her days walking the marble floors of Capitol Hill.

North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer now has another new title - husband.

By Chris Hayes Two veteran North Carolina lawmakers in recent weeks have announced their decision to not run for re-election in 2010.

Set aside the images of lawmakers in hallowed halls of the Capitol yelling about who's lying and why, and picture this: Two Republican heavyweights and the Democratic president they tried to eject from office a decade ago, perched together as elder statesmen in a gilded chamber reserved for events that transcend partisanship.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is entering the race for U.S. Senate, plotting to unseat Republican Sen.

When the UNC Board of Governors was vetting the details of Mary Easley's new job and big raise at N.C. State University last year, UNC system President Erskine Bowles had conversations with both the first lady and her husband.

Mike Huckabee is calling on his supporters to help former Sen. Elizabeth Dole retire her debt from the 2008 campaign she lost to Democrat Kay Hagan; Huckabee sent an email to supporters of Huck PAC today seeking online donations for Dole.

Less than a century ago, in August of 1920, the United States Constitution was amended allowing women the right to vote.