RALEIGH — State and federal law-enforcement officials raided several offices of the NC Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division on Thursday. FBI, EPA, and SBI officials remained in the division headquarters in Morehead City the entire day, and took computers and other records, sources say. The raids were related to a…
RALEIGH – Edward Bonekemper has a passion for Civil War history. After he retired from a successful legal career, it led to his first publication, How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War. It chronicled tactical errors that led to the South being defeated by the North. A natural follow-up…
ALEIGH — The NC Republican Party on Saturday endorsed Raleigh lawyer Paul Newby for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Robert Orr, and the gesture gave an inkling of how the two major political parties might treat the nonpartisan races this year. The 2004 campaign marks the first election…
RALEIGH — North Carolina law defines driving while impaired as either driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher or driving while under the influence of an impairing substance. It often takes several hours for a defendant to be brought to a police station to have his…
RALEIGH — Gov. Mike Easley signed into law last week a bill that he suggested would “clarify and strengthen the reporting requirements for non-state entities receiving state funds.” But State Sen. Hamilton Horton said that in some ways the new law weakens accountability for state-funded nonprofit organizations. “It doesn’t require…
RALEIGH — It’s been nearly 10 years since America’s most infamous domestic terrorist killed 168 people by blowing up the federal building in Oklahoma City. But to Danny Turner, seed and fertilizer inspector supervisor for the NC Agriculture Department, Timothy McVeigh’s legacy looms large over the jobs of field specialists…
RALEIGH — Terrorism and counter-terrorism will headline the second Raleigh International Spy Conference at the North Carolina Museum of History on September 1-3. At the end of the Cold War, the consensus was that intelligence and intelligence services were no longer critical to national security, but in the past few…
RALEIGH — A last-minute, surprise addition to the state budget adjustment bill approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Mike Easley creates a commission that will sell and lease state-owned property. The Commission on State Property will identify real property that is both surplus and “suitable” for sale…
RALEIGH — When Gov. Mike Easley did his back-to-school shopping this year with son Michael Jr., he chose popular locations for consumers who look for deals on clothing and textbooks. And like many other NC parents, he took advantage of the sales tax holiday that began Aug. 6. He set…
RALEIGH — Hoping to restore the luster of the trampled North Carolina Constitution, former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Orr said Monday that a new organization he heads will promote the operation of state government based on constitutional principles. Among the issues the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law may…
