This Old State

If you think sunshine is the best disinfectant and that transparency is mandatory for open govenrment, then you'll appreciate a new feat...

The state Senate can't be accused of pandering to public opinion on at least one issue -- longer and wider truck trailer loads on state ...

It's an annual miracle, this spring in the Blue Ridge. It came on just about at the end of the blooming season down in the flatlands, a...

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza has bumped up North Carolina's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole and...

Much is being made of Gov. Mike Easley's and Sen. Barack Obama's "fist bump" Monday at a campaign appearance at the State ...

The state’s top politicians are trying to help Gov. Mike Easley’s senior fiscal policy advisor and chief emissary to the legislature, Dan Ge...

The Cook Political Report, a closely watched source of political news, now rates the seat held by U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C., as a "...