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Former public school teachers’ lobbyist now supports private school vouchers

Brian Lewis, once a persistent voice opposing private school vouchers, has done an about-face. A former lobbyist for the N.C. Association of Educators, Lewis says private schools are an alternative…Click to Continue »

 

NC General Assembly's main website expires

The General Assembly's website has been down Tuesday morning, because the state failed to renew it.Click to Continue »

 

Cary police charge two men in forklift-fueled January crime spree

Police detectives in Cary charged two men Monday with a string of break-ins at downtown businesses one weekend night in January and several thefts.Click to Continue »

 

Raleigh man going to prison for credit card and cigarette trafficking scheme

A 32-year-old Raleigh man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison Monday for his role in a scheme to use stolen credit card numbers to buy cheap North…Click to Continue »

 

Shaffer: J. Edwin, Annie Walker, couple of 1916 letters, lived, died apart

In which we learn that J. Edwin had grown cold in the ground by the time his Annie returned to him.Click to Continue »

 

Proposed Senate plan would cut NC gas tax

Senate Republicans proposed Monday to make a quick 2.5-cent cut in the state’s chief source of transportation money, the gas tax. At the same time, they would add a new…Click to Continue »

 

Wake County DA requests inquiry into SEANC's spending

District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct a criminal inquiry, which is is one step short of a criminal investigation, about possible financial improprieties…Click to Continue »

 

Teen charged with Cary Parkway fire has been jailed again

An Apex teenager who was accused of starting a culvert fire that forced the state to rebuild a section of Cary Parkway two years ago now faces several drug charges…Click to Continue »

 

UNC Hospitals accused of overbilling Medicare by $2.5 million

Medicare officials have accused UNC Hospitals of overbilling the federal insurance program by about $2.5 million and are demanding repayment from the Chapel Hill health care organization.Click to Continue »

 

Proposed UNC system tuition increases would go toward faculty raises

The UNC Board of Governors will vote later this month on tuition and fees at campuses for the next two years.Click to Continue »

 

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