They just won’t go away. Yesterday’s campaign trail dispatch linked to an announcement of a Wilmington fundraiser Thursday for 7th Congressional District incumbent Mike McIntyre. One of the sponsors of…
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson describes U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle’s comments at yesterday’s sentencing of Ruffin Poole, the man who was so close to former Gov. Mike Easley that…
Under the Dome says Ruffin Poole, who pleaded to a single count of tax evasion as part of the investigation of convicted felon Mike Easley, is scheduled to be sentenced…
Ongoing investigations of Gov. Beverly Perdue’s campaign activities continue to generate stories for Carolina Journal. The Lincoln Tribune, Watchdog.org, WilsonNCTeaParty.com, and N.C. Senate Republicans all took note of Executive Editor…
Former N.C. Gov. Mike Easley’s felony guilty plea this week to a state campaign-finance charge generated attention for Carolina Journal. Executive Editor Don Carrington led the investigative journalism that helped…
Today’s decision (PDF) by the U.S. Supreme Court limiting the federal “honest services” law that’s so popular in corruption cases may have implications for the ongoing investigation of former Gov.…
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the breadth of the federal “honest services” law that is so often used against public officials and even corporate executives in corruption cases. The…
A new, and probably big, development in the Ruffin Poole case this morning. Poole is the former key aide to Mike Easley who is scheduled for a May 3 trial…
Former Mike Easley counsel Ruffin Poole had a very bad day in court yesterday. From Carolina Journal’s David Bass: A federal grand jury Thursday handed down new charges in the…
Carolina Journal’s David Bass reports on yesterday’s hearing in the Ruffin Poole case before U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle. April 26 is the trial’s target date for the man…
When the Charlotte Observer published a Jack Betts column on the controversial Cannonsgate coastal development, the newspaper featured an aerial photo from Don Carrington. Other media outlets also took note…
Latest on the list of Mike Easley shenanigans: The News & Observer’s Andy Curliss uncovers a plan the former governor orchestrated to expedite development permits for those who paid a…