By Zack Hill, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – North Carolina farming families are breathing easier after a rule proposed by the Obama Administration that would have greatly limited what children 16 years old and under are allowed to do on farms has been withdrawn under heavy criticism. “The decision to…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – During Tuesday’s primary vote, North Carolina’s citizens voted to ban marriage between two members of the same sex by specifying that a legal union or marriage can only be between a man and a woman in the state. The vote to add…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Today is an important day in the voting process, as the US Presidential primary is held today along with statewide primaries for governor and primary decisions for local races as well. In addition, North Carolina voters will make a big decision as to whether…
By James Brooke, VOA, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram MOSCOW – Russia’s Urals oil has been over $100 a barrel for a year now. The country’s budgets are balanced. Debt is low. Savings are piling up. Russians are getting their pre-recession mojo back. On the consumer end, sales of foreign…
By The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – President Barack Obama visited the Raleigh area last Tuesday to visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to push for the renewal of legislation that would save students money every year on student loans. President Obama flew into the RDU airport…
By James Brooke, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram MOSCOW – One generation ago, I reached the level in Russian language studies at Yale University where the next course looming in my face was: “Soviet Newspapers.” Faced with spending winter afternoons in a windowless basement classroom with CIA…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – Today, Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops in the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office says the deal was initialed…
By Kent Klein, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – Top U.S. lawmakers are calling for more firings at the Secret Service, after a prostitution scandal diminished the reputation of the agents who protect the president. Three people have left the service as a result of…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram INDIA – India Thursday said it successfully test-fired a new missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing – announcing itself as a major “missile power.” Indian media showed video of the long-range Agni-V missile in-flight after its…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this edition of the Telegram’s Political Notebook column, we look at photos from a Presidential watergun battle, a controversial video released by candidate John Tedesco, Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to North Carolina, and goats versus dogs in campaign videos. GOATS VERSUS DOGS: You…
By Mark Snowiss, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram The outcome of talks set to begin Saturday between world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program could be a determining factor in whether Israel carries out threatened airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. With Western patience running thin,…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram NORTH KOREA – South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says North Korea appears to be preparing for a third nuclear weapons test. The report quotes an unidentified intelligence source as saying satellite images show workers digging a new tunnel at the Punggye-ri…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Last week, the Wake County Republican Party held its annual convention and former Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain was the keynote speaker invited to address the approximately 1500 people on hand at the event. Before his speech last Thursday, March 22nd at the Kerr…
By Voice Of America, The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The United States says it has suspended a food aid package to North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s plans to carry out a missile launch next month. While the North says its plan to hurl the satellite into space is…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is picking up a major endorsement Thursday – that of former U.S. president George H.W. Bush. A spokesman for Romney says Bush will announce his backing at an event in the southwestern…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this edition of The Raleigh Telegram’s Political Notebook, we take a look at a Republican Lieutenant Governor who resigned amid scandal in South Carolina, a debate challenge between the North Carolina General Assembly leaders and Governor Bev Perdue and a showdown in the…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – After gasoline prices passed $4 per gallon in some parts of the country, many Americans are wondering if rising fuel costs may cause another dip in the economy. Since many items are shipped by truck in the United States, a higher prices at…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this edition of the Political Notebook, we look at Herman Cain’s upcoming visit to Raleigh, the mudslinging between Paul Coble and George Holding in the GOP Congressional race, President Obama’s gas woes, and political commentator and radio host Glenn Beck is scheduled to…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Barack Obama says Iran’s window to find a diplomatic solution to international concerns over its nuclear program is shrinking. Our correspondent reports on why Iran is moving back toward talks with the international community and closer…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this edition of The Raleigh Telegram’s Political Notebook, we talk about President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle’s separate visits to North Carolina, conservative talk show host Jason Lewis visits Raleigh, and the live Democratic Party Gubernatorial debate coming up on TV. MICHELLE…
By The Raleigh Telegram DURHAM – After a week of hearings, Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline was removed from office today by Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood. Judge Hobgood announced his decision this morning after presiding over hearings this week at the Durham courthouse that examined Cline’s recent actions. Cline…
By Jim Malone, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram DETROIT – Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won a pair of Republican primary victories Tuesday in Michigan and Arizona, fending off a challenge from former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and re-establishing himself as the frontrunner for the Republican Party’s…
By Luiz Ramirez, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. military says it remains committed to its mission in Afghanistan, despite violence that was triggered by the reported burning of Qurans on a U.S. military base. Pentagon officials say members of the U.S.-led coalition…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this edition of the Political Notebook, several filings, news from potential candidates, and endorsements were made that include former Senator Lauch Faircloth, former North Carolina Treasurer Richard Moore, and other folks. LAUCH FAIRCLOTH According to campaign emails, former US Senator Lauch Faircloth has…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram DURHAM – Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton has announced that he will officially run for governor in the Democratic primaries later this year. Dalton has served as lieutenant governor for the last three years. In a rally yesterday in Durham with Durham Mayor Bill Bell,…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this week’s political notebook, we look at criticism of Richard Burr, Erskine Bowles’ big payoff, Bob Etheridge’s strange start, McCrory’s run for governor, Jesse Helms endorses a candidate, sort of, and Clinton and Kennedy had more in common than most people suspected. RICHARD…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Notorious political figure and convicted Washington DC lobbyist Jack Abramoff will be speaking in Raleigh this week as part of a national book tour. A powerful lobbyist who had access to President George W. Bush and the most prestigious circles in the…
By Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has faced a new round of Republican criticism over a controversial tactic in which U.S. authorities allowed gun buyers to move arms into Mexico, destined for drug cartels. In testimony to Congress last…
By Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on January 23rd that American police must secure a search warrant before they track criminal suspects with the use of global positioning system technology. The nation’s nine-member highest court unanimously decided that law enforcement…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – After being mentioned in newspaper articles and a biography on President John F. Kennedy, a former White House intern who was 19 years old at the time has admitted in her own new book and on national television that she had an affair with…
By Jordan Green, For The Raleigh Telegram JAMESTOWN, NC – Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory is expected to make his run as a Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor official later today. McCrory has served as mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, the longest serving mayor in the city. Many…
By Tom Jensen, Public Policy Polling, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Pat McCrory launches his campaign for Governor today with a lead in the polls against all of his potential Democratic opponents. But he also has a major liability- his close ties to the unpopular Republican legislature…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – It is the kind of surprise for which every ambitious politician must be prepared: the unexpected decision by an incumbent elected official to retire. It is, my friend Jay Rivers told me, the kind of window of opportunity that opens ever so…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Several news outlets including The Washington Post and the Associated Press are now reporting that North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor later this year. The news was first reported in a Washington Post politics blog…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In a press conference last week, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue pushed for a state-wide sales tax increase that would help to fund public education in North Carolina. Perdue’s plan would “temporarily” re-instate a 3/4ths of a cent sales tax that would potentially raise…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – Last night, President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union speech to Congress and the nation. In his speech, President Obama warned of the disappearance of the American middle class and said measures were needed to keep the American dream alive. …
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – On Sunday, Occupy Raleigh protesters staged a march on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh to celebrate their 100th day of organizing protests, but the well-attended march resulted in the arrests of two men after police say they were blocking the streets. According to the…
By The Raleigh Telegram NASHVILLE – According to statements on a radio show on Monday afternoon, US Senator Rand Paul said he was “detained” by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at the Nashville airport as he was going through the security checkpoints to board an airplane earlier that morning. Senator…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Will John Edwards someday be the new Newt Gingrich? Where did this crazy question come from? To get the answer, read on. First, we should wrestle with the questions political experts have been stuttering over since Gingrich’s stunning upset of Mitt Romney…
From The City Of Raleigh, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The City of Raleigh government has released it’s annual “year in review list,” which takes a look at actions by the Raleigh City Council and other city government items of interest over the last. The list includes big…
