Gov. Beverly Perdue opposes privatizing North Carolina's liquor store operations, saying the one-time increase in revenue it would generate wouldn't be worth changing the system.
The bill would fundamentally alter the current educational power structure, decreasing the authority of the mostly appointed state Board of Education and giving more pull to the superintendent.
Governor Beverly Perdue announced Wednesday that Sequenom Inc. would invest $19 million in the lab during an event at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
GOP Sen. Pete Brunstetter of Forsyth County told the annual Economic Forecast Forum in Research Triangle Park that government is going to have to make fundamental changes.
Gov. Beverly Perdue's support of raising additional revenues for the public schools next year is heading to one of the big technology companies located in North Carolina.