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Legislative Update: After the Crossovernew

In North Carolina, health care, domestic violence and election reforms bills advance; sex ed stalls.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary and Fiona Morgan  |  05-31-2007  |  Politics

GOP Leaders Look to Rebound Before '08new

Conservatives gather in Raleigh and deviate from the party line.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  05-03-2007  |  Politics

Elizabeth Edwards Steals the Shownew

John is still right good -- but for now he's no match for Elizabeth, and he's smart enough not to try.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  04-26-2007  |  Politics

In North Carolina, Insider Meetings Shape Energy Lawsnew

The Energy Issues Working Group, a "605" group with little public scrutiny, includes lobbyists of all stripes and state agency employees.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  04-19-2007  |  Politics

What a Difference Four Years Makesnew

Tough stands on issues are keeping John Edwards in the presidential race.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  02-16-2007  |  Politics

The Progressive Prescriptionnew

How the General Assembly can cure the North Carolina's biggest ills.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  01-25-2007  |  Politics

Touch-Screen Voting Machines Sucknew

While I'm paraphrasing a bit, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has compiled a draft report that says touch-screen machines without a verifiable paper trail "in practical terms cannot be secure."
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  12-07-2006  |  Politics

Among the Un-Rednew

We're not becoming as Republican as (some) pundits thought.
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  11-16-2006  |  Politics

Better Ballotsnew

Design for Democracy head Marcia Lausen shows how to improve ballots.
INDY Week  |  Fiona Morgan  |  11-09-2006  |  Politics

Fault Linesnew

It's city slickers versus country folk in Orange and Chatham County redistricting proposals -- or is it?
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  10-19-2006  |  Politics

District 13 Shocker!new

Vernon Robinson, the conservative challenger to U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, is using sex to get votes in new ads, but he still has an uphill battle.
INDY Week  |  Mosi Secret  |  10-12-2006  |  Politics

We're Defeating Ourselvesnew

Five years after the 9/11 attacks, no victory, no historical closure has been achieved -- far from it.
INDY Week  |  Godfrey Cheshire  |  09-07-2006  |  Politics

Picking His Battlesnew

Congressman Bob Etheridge says the war is not his issue.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  08-24-2006  |  Politics

The Vanishing Voternew

The real scandal isn't Jim Black (or Art Pope).
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  08-17-2006  |  Politics

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