• A coalition of environmental, labor, and veteran groups launch a political ad portraying U.S. Senator Richard Burr as an oil-covered bird.
  • Civitas Review has video of Elaine Marshall, who as Secretary of State is responsible for regulating lobbyists, attending a Democratic fundraiser filled with lobbyists.
  • The GOP’s 8th Congressional District nominee, Harold Johnson, is no Young Gun. Not yet, anyway.
  • The Wilmington Star-News weighs in on U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre?s opposition to an international port in Southport.
  • General Assembly passes a bill to ensure that soldiers stationed out of state correctly receive absentee ballots.
  • Elizabeth Edwards is planning to sell the Chapel Hill mansion and move on.
  • A Civitas poll finds voters split on which party they trust to handle issues such as education and the economy.
  • The N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation takes a look at recent polling in several key races across the state.