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Variety marks Independence Day celebrations across N.C.
Parades and picnics signaled the start of the holiday weekend around the Triangle Friday.
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Does the route to the U.S.Senate lead through Saluda? It might for Democrat Kay Hagan from Greensboro.
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For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven ...
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and ...
Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At Age 86
The White House said the nation has "lost a great public servant and true patriot." Former North Carolina Sen.
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Etheridge pitches bill to people at the pump
UP: CLOSED-DOOR BUDGET TALKS. Such meetings always seem to increase as the legislature gets closer to working out a deal on the state budget.
Candidates for Governor differ in stance on offshore drilling
The candidates who want to be our next governor are throwing in their two cents about offshore drilling.
DeMint welcomes national spotlight
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., and Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., attend a press conference on immigration Thursday in Washington.
As summer sets in, visitors are once again flocking to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
New N.C. receives $1.6M federal grant to boost entrepreneurship
The North Carolina Department of Commerce will boost efforts to entrepreneurs launch new ventures through a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Landlords would have to equip rental homes and apartments with carbon monoxide detectors by January 2010 in legislation tentatively approved by the N.C. Senate.
U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is offering up a new way to define "great" and "terrific." By his math, his Republican Party can apparently win in November by losing.
McCrory: NC should consider offshore drilling
Gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory joined top Republicans in supporting offshore oil and natural gas drilling Monday, saying it could relieve what's becoming a national energy crisis.
Rally lures 1,000 conservatives
A group of nearly 1,000 conservative activists vowed Wednesday to "take back" North Carolina in this fall's elections at a rally in front of the Legislative Building.
I really don't agree with the idea of establishing a program by the government to help with battery development.
N.C. judge nominee caught in political skirmish
DOUG ABRAHMS * DAbrahms@gannett.com * Gannett News Service * published June 19, 2008 5:15 pm WASHINGTON Republican senators complained Thursday that a North Carolina judge nominated for a federal appeals court ...
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole criticized Democratic rival Kay Hagan's record on illegal immigration.
US Senate, NC governor candidates take stage
The major-party candidates for governor and U.S. Senate this year will meet each other in a public forum for the first time.