RALEIGH — Auctioneer and real estate agent Dodie Allen says the state spends a "ridiculous amount" on public education. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Phil Haire says public schools are the key to a better economy.
RALEIGH — Without Lucy Allen’s name on the District 49 ballot, Republicans sense an opportunity to pick up the seat Nov. 2. Although registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 54-27 percent, the district went for George W. Bush by a comfortable percentage in 2004, and John McCain and Barack Obama finished neck-and-neck in 2008.
RALEIGH — Federal authorities and state media have turned their attention to a Carteret County real estate development in which former Gov. Mike Easley bought a lot in 2005. Carolina Journal first reported in 2006 on Easley’s purchase of a lot in the Cannonsgate development. An analysis of other transactions showed Easley got what The Charlotte Observer called a “sweetheart deal.”
