News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 2 days ago
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 Probe of ex-N.C...The (Raleigh) News & Observer The special state prosecutor who is overseeing a major part of the investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley says he is consulting federal authorities and expects it will take
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| 17 days ago
The prosecutor handling the campaign finance case of former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley says he wants to decide by February whether to seek criminal charges against the two-term Democrat. Rowan County District Attorney Bill Kenerly told The
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| 21 days ago
Max Gardner, a governor and Democratic power broker in the first half of the 20th century, is one of her favorite political figures in Tar Heel history. Gardner was in office at the beginning of the Great Depression, and Perdue said he set an example
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| 27 days ago
The foundation managing half of North Carolina's share of the national tobacco settlement violated open meetings laws and could be better protected from investment risk and political influence, State Auditor Beth Wood's office said Monday...The Rocky
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| 29 days ago
The spectacle of a former governor being called before an elections tribunal to answer for transgressions committed by his campaign was historic in many ways. If nothing else, Mike Easley was the first former chief executive subpoenaed in that way
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| about 1 month ago
Members of the State Board of Elections spoke in a unanimous voice Friday: Mike Easley should be investigated on suspicion of committing crimes while he was governor of North Carolina. They imposed a $100,000 penalty against his campaign organization,
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| about 1 month ago
The board referred the case Friday to Wake County DA Colon Willoughby. But Willoughby said in an interview he asked the state court system to give the case to another prosecutor due to his longtime friendship and professional relationship with Easley.
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| about 1 month ago
On Wednesday, Poole, right-hand man for former Gov. Mike Easley, convinced a trial court judge to quash a subpeona seeking his testimony at an elections hearing investigating Easley's campaign finances...Larry Leake, chairman of the State Board of