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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory must thread a political needle in his State of the State address Wednesday night, between his instincts as a pro-business pragmatist and the GOP conservative…Click to Continue »

Wake County teachers will be getting extra in their paychecks, but how significant the increase is may depend on your point of view.Click to Continue »

In efforts to help recruit and keep teachers, the Wake County school board approved Tuesday pay raises targeted at the most experienced educators and took steps to provide more job…Click to Continue »

The French government bestowed its highest honor, the Legion of Honor, on eight World War II veterans from North Carolina at the State Capitol on Tuesday.Click to Continue »

A Cary woman who says she can now afford health insurance was among a group of 10 Americans invited to the White House on Tuesday to stand behind President Barack…Click to Continue »

The Meredith Woods neighborhood has a problem: The city of Raleigh wants to build a fire station at its edge.Click to Continue »

The Obama administration has allocated an extra $4.1 million to pay for more extensive dredging aimed at clearing out a sand-clogged navigation channel that is creating expensive delays for shippers…Click to Continue »

Area universities saw healthy growth in their endowment funds in 2014, according to a new survey of more than 800 colleges.Click to Continue »

A recently discovered novel by Harper Lee will be published in July, her first since her acclaimed “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960.Click to Continue »

The NC Board of Elections under the Perdue administration paid nearly $1 million on technology for a new campaign finance system and received nothing in return, according to a report…Click to Continue »