Becki Gray on lame duck Perdue; public reacts to plan to address unemployment debt; Gov. Perdue, Roy Cooper, Beth Wood & Cherie Berry discuss Dix Hospital plan; Charles Murray on societal ills; and CJ's Rick Henderson on Mary Easley's legal settlement
RALEIGH — Even though Gov. Bev Perdue had been raising money actively for her re-election campaign through the end of 2011, the governor announced unexpectedly in late January she would not seek a second term. The decision not to run left political observers wondering how she would spend the large war chest she had accumulated.
RALEIGH – Saying she would never turn her back on North Carolina’s children, Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue urged GOP legislative leaders to find more money for education in the waning days of the 2012 short session. Perdue would not say if she would veto the budget on her desk.
RALEIGH — She opted not to run for re-election, but Gov. Beverly Perdue has not let her “lame-duck” status stop her from traveling across the state, sharing her goals for her final year in office, and picking occasional fights with the Republican-led General Assembly. John Locke Foundation President John Hood discussed Perdue recently with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
I’m not convinced that Erskine Bowles will run, or that he would necessarily get the nomination.
When Gov. Bev Perdue rocked the political establishment Thursday by announcing her plans not to run for reelection, she made history.
Rick Henderson on Perdue administration use of embargoed jobs data; Tim Carney on crony capitalism; Donald Stephens on illegal campaign finance actions; Dale Folwell, Carolyn Justice, Kevin Blaine & Effie Steele on Ethen's Law; Fergus Hodgson on demonizing the rich.
RALEIGH — When high-powered political operatives get indicted in North Carolina they know they’re going to have to run a gauntlet of media types as they head to the local magistrate to get their mug shots taken.
RALEIGH — A Wake County grand jury indicted three people on Monday for illegal activity associated with the financing of Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s 2008 campaign for governor.
RALEIGH — Extending unemployment benefits would not cost the state any money immediately, but it could require additional funding from state taxpayers next year. Whether the General Assembly will attempt to override Perdue’s veto, or possibly split the provisions of H.B. 383 into separate measures, is unclear.
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue's two vetoes were the exclamation point on a legislative week that also saw the first public steps in the budgeting process. On Tuesday, House subcommittees released preliminary cuts totaling $2 billion, eliciting howls of protest from public sector groups and liberal advocacy organizations.
