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In an emailed statement to Bloomberg News, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said shea s open to the idea of dropping a public health insurance option in favor of a medical-insurance cooperative.

Party lines are drawn for battle in Washington over what looks to be a long siege about health care reform.

Members of the North Carolina-based 1132nd Military Police Army National Guard Company are still wondering why they haven't received the proper honors after surviving three bombing attacks last year in Iraq.

A national research organization says North Carolina has one of the best models of taxpayer-financed campaigns in the country.

I WILL NOT REST UNTIL THE DREAM FELT TO REFORMS BY WE ACHIEVED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN SPEECH AFTER SPEECH THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE 'S NOT INTERESTED IN TINKERING WITH HEALTH CARE HE WANTS IT CHANGED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM THE STATUS QUO IS BROKE WE CANNOT CONTINUE THIS WAY IF WE DO NOT FOR EVERYONE 'S HEALTH CARE WILL BE ...

North Carolina's junior senator, Kay R. Hagan, introduced her first bill last week -- an effort to ensure high school students understand personal finances.

An assistant supervisor for the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles' License and Theft Bureau who was fired after blowing the whistle has sued in federal court to get his job back and collect $800,000 or more in damages.

So far, none of North Carolina's big-name Democrats seems to want to run next year against Sen.

Barring an eleventh hour surprise, President Obama is expected to sign ground-breaking legislation that would allow the Food and Drug Administration broad regulatory powers over the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of tobacco products.

I've always thought that "national horserace" polls in presidential elections are silly, even though my firm must conduct them, too.

Monday President Barack Obama signed sweeping new tobacco regulations into law that give the Food and Drug Administration new powers to control what's in cigarettes.

Construction for military bases in North Carolina is one of the few games in town this season for many contractors in North Carolina and a seminar on how to get in line for a contract brought more than 200 representatives from regional businesses to New Bern on Monday.

Sen. Richard Burr doesn't have a Democratic challenger yet, but his campaign is already going on the attack - against a North Carolina-based polling firm that has been instrumental in creating the impression that Burr is one of the senators most vulnerable to defeat in 2010.

The Food and Drug Administration now has the authority to regulate tobacco products, under a law President Barack Obama signed Monday at a Rose Garden ceremony.With children onstage and sprinkled among audience members, and with the new playground for the presidential daughters in the distance, Obama said the new law would curtail the "constant, ...

Senators press for water answers North Carolina's senators continued this week to press for answers about water contamination at Camp Lejeune.

Representatives of about 10 dozen companies in Eastern North Carolina will be at Craven Community College on Monday for a quick course in how to get government contracts.

"Since the NRC report is at such variance with the recommendations of other water modeling and epidemiologic experts, we believe it should not stand as the final word" The National Research Council building - A group of esteemed scientists and physicians have raised serious questions about Saturday's National Research Council report on toxic water ...

Today, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support held a hearing on military construction and environmental initiatives.

The Senate Finance Committee may postpone action on a health-care overhaul bill until July, a possible delay that comes as the potential costs of a revamp give Democrats pause and hand Republican opponents fresh ammunition.

The Senate Finance Committee may delay consideration of a health-care overhaul until July as lawmakers work to bring the cost below $1 trillion and reach a bipartisan compromise, panel Chairman Max Baucus said.