Beverly Perdue

The latest leg of Gov. Beverly Perdue's trade mission to Asia is having a distinct North Carolina feel. Perdue spoke Friday at a university in Shanghai, China, to celebrate the school's now 30-year-old student, faculty and research partnership with the...

North Carolina officials have tracked down less than three dozen of the thousands of residents forced to undergo sterilizations between 1929 and 1974. The Charlotte Observer reports Sunday that state officials believe at least 1,500 of the 7,600 people...

Women will get more information and face new restrictions before having an abortion in North Carolina after the state Senate passed the regulations into law Thursday over Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto. The Republican-led Legislature completed its...

Gov. Beverly Perdue struggled to find her way politically in her first two years in office when she and fellow Democrats in the Legislature made unpopular decisions to cut spending and raise taxes while saddled with a free-falling economy. It led to...

A task force investigating the forced sterilization of about 7,600 people in North Carolina said in a draft report Monday that survivors should get money as compensation but is not yet sure how much. Figures ranging from $20,000 to $50,000 have been...

The Republican-led General Assembly passed legislation Saturday that will require cities, counties and businesses to check the immigration status of new hires. The House voted 67-45 to require employers and local governments to use the federal...

Motorists around North Carolina could see the anti-abortion message "Choose Life" showing up on a new specialty license plate in a few months. The House voted 68-44 on Saturday to give final legislative approval for the state to make available dozens...

North Carolina state lawmakers still have a little more work to do before they leave Raleigh on a long break. General Assembly members couldn't finish their to-do list by the wee hours Friday morning as previously planned to wrap up their regular...

Gov. Beverly Perdue says a bill she signed into law eliminating the longstanding 100-school limit on charter schools will provide more public school choices while keeping authority over them within the State Board of Education. Perdue's office said the...

Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed the North Carolina budget plan Sunday, saying the Republican-led Legislature's proposal would do "generational damage" to public education and other pillars of the state. Still, she may be unable to stop the plan if...

The issue brought four governors to the Hotel Roanoke this week. How it plays out could determine the economic future of the region. The annual conference of the Southern Growth Policies Board focused on manufacturing in the South, and the region's...

The North Carolina House voted early Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's historic veto of the state government budget for the next two years, completing the key step needed for the Republican majority to cancel her objections and...