North Carolina News

North Carolina and Alabama are sharply different when it comes to judicial elections. North Carolina pioneered full public financing for judicial elections, to reduce the influence of big money campaign funding on the courts. Alabama, on the other hand, has become known for holding the nation’s most costly state Supreme Court elections between 2000 and 2009.

Conservatives cannot allow Republican lawmakers to soften or defect on the party's fundamental principles or, worse, align with those who are diametrically opposed to everything the GOP stands for: Free enterprise, reasonable taxes, limited government and tort reform. Yes, tort reform — and here's why.

A year after the start of a nationwide investigation of foreclosure practices, state and federal negotiators haven’t settled with banks and face infighting that might leave some states outside any agreement.

Victims of medical malpractice will be limited in the amount of money they can collect for pain, suffering and lost body parts. The caps are going into place after North Carolina lawmakers on Monday overrode a veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue. The new law limits to $500,000 what a victim of a doctor's negligence can collect for non-economic damages.