Government

North Carolina's major gubernatorial candidates are making reduction of the state's dropout rate a part of their campaign. Full story...

North Carolina's biggest lottery booster is less than a year away from leaving office. Full story...

State Treasurer Richard Moore has officially entered the race for governor. Full story...

New Hanover County has come up with a way to make up for its part of the $10 million budget shortfall. Full story...

New Hanover County and Wilmington officials have discovered a major miscalculation in this year's property tax evaluation. Translation: the county is $7 million short. Full story...

A dispute in congress could mean delays in tax refunds for millions of taxpayers. Full story...

White House lawyers have advised President Bush's spokeswoman not to answer specific questions about why the CIA destroyed tapes of terror suspects under interrogation. Full story...

Kristi Tomey and Ronald Sparks will be sworn in at Tuesday evening's City Council meeting. Full story...

The city of Wilmington is going green on the road. The city purchased the first of seven new Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid cars for its fleet. Full story...

The Wilmington Housing Authority Board of Directors is cleaning house. Tuesday night the WHA voted to fire the agency's three top employees. According to one of the Housing Authority commissioners people living in the 1,500 rental units managed by the group will not be affected by the changes. Full story...