After many hours of debate, legislators vote to repeal the Racial Justice Act.

It's a wrap for the first major law-making session under complete Republican control, for the first time in 140 years.

Gov. Beverly Perdue says she will appoint a NCSupreme Court justice without going through a formal process she established for similar vacancies.

2012 turned out to be the blockbuster political year for North Carolina that had been predicted. But details weren't as some had anticipated.

Although the state's fiscal picture isn't as bleak as last year, budget-writers will likely confront a gap of several hundred million dollars.

The spending plan for the new fiscal year starting July 1 is slated to be voted upon Tuesday and Wednesday.

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.

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.

The program lets high school students take classes for free at community colleges toward a college diploma or technical career certificate.

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.

Governor Beverly Perdue announced Wednesday that Sequenom Inc. would invest $19 million in the lab during an event at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

Bev Perdue takes North Carolina's issues on the road.

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 governor promises that every resource available will be used for storm cleanup.