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A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a far-reaching food safety bill drafted in the wake of the massive salmonella outbreak that was traced to a Georgia peanut processing plant earlier this year.

The struggle to maintain affordable health care coverage may end a Maryland family's 14-year "good run" of operating their own businesses.

Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry called on North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan to oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's government-run healthcare plan.

One day after Senate Democratic leaders unveiled their health-care bill, North Carolina's two senators dug in their heels on opposite sides of a debate that has now entered a new phase.

Nov. 19--Three Charlotte-area companies are among those that will benefit from more than $2.5 million in federal stimulus money coming to North Carolina to foster jobs in the so-called green economy, officials announced Wednesday.

Conservative activists are heading to Raleigh to rally against federal health care and pollution control legislation.

Rep. Bob Etheridge announced late 11/13 that he would not challenge Sen. Richard Burr next year, leaving two other Dems, atty/Obama fundraiser Ken Lewis and '02 candidate/Sec/State Elaine Marshall still in the race.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb on the Obama administration's decision to try Khaild Sheik Mohammed in federal court in New York: "I have never disputed the constitutional authority of the President to convene Article III courts in cases of international terrorism.

The infamous $400 haircuts that undercut John Edwards' presidential message of reducing poverty started with a tip from the campaign of then-candidate Barack Obama.

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.

Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., center, accompanied by Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., left, and Sen.

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After an intense three-month campaign for the votes of North Carolina's House members, players in the health care debate including business, labor and the administration are now likely to focus their full attention on Sen.

The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco, though students and staff would have nearly two years to quit before it's enforced.

Three out of four North Carolina residents believe the U.S. health care system needs reform, but they are split on whether that should include a public option, according to a poll released Monday by Elon University.

President Obama has nominated two North Carolina judges to vacant seats on the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond.

James Wynn, once a prominent Wilson lawyer, was nominated Wednesday by President Obama for a seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan has withdrawn her support for a possible lifetime federal appointment for a state judge who ruled in favor of a company that includes Hagan's husband.

The White House has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill seats on the nation's most conservative federal appeals court.

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