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Legislators plan to invite N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin to speak to a joint session on March 4 - the first such speech in years.Click to Continue »

Wake County schools on Monday announced a makeup schedule for recent snow days that allows for a full spring break, if no more winter weather disrupts school attendance.Click to Continue »

Lisa Martin, longtime lobbyist for the N.C. Home Builders Association, is joining Theresa Kostrzewa at Capitol Advantage Associates, the firm Kostrzewa founded.Click to Continue »

The Wake County school system announced Monday its 26 semifinalists for 2015-16 Teacher of the Year.Click to Continue »

The Wake Education Partnership announced Monday it's rebranding itself as WakeEd, which also happens to be the same name as the News & Observer's WakeEd blog.Click to Continue »

In his new memoir, David Axelrod recounts his years as a top adviser to Barack Obama. Less flatteringly, he also describes his time as a consultant to the 2004 presidential…Click to Continue »

With potential Republican presidential candidates making the rounds to major GOP donors, Washington publication The Hill reports they'll likely be making pitches in North Carolina.Click to Continue »

Raleigh resumes garbage pickup Tuesday, on regular schedule.Click to Continue »

NC Gov. Pat McCrory may be waiting to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a challenge to the federal health-care law, as has been reported, but he says…Click to Continue »

Carolinas HealthCare System is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of an antibiotic-resistant “superbug“ that has claimed the lives of two Charlotte-area people in recent months and sickened…Click to Continue »