Mitt Romney has stretched his lead in the Tar Heel State to eight-points over President Obama, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll taken this week. Polls taken last month showed the two in a virtual tie.
 
The latest Rasmussen telephone survey of Likely Voters in North Carolina shows the likely Republican nominee earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s 43%.
 
That’s a sizable swing from Rasmussen's April poll showing Romney with a narrow 46% to 44% lead over the president in North Carolina.›Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's top agriculture official says his agency will implement new rules aimed at preventing the sale of falsely labeled honey at its five farmers markets across the state.
 
NC Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says beginning June 1, vendors at department-operated farmers markets must apply for approval to sell honey labeled or advertised as “sourwood” or “North Carolina.”
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Marriage Amendment proponents appear to be ahead in North Carolina, according to current polling by both the conservative-leaning Civitas Institute and the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP).
 
"Our final marriage amendment poll finds it leading by a 55-39 margin, little change from a week ago when it was ahead 55-41," said PPP's Tom Jensen. "The final yes percentage will likely be somewhere in the 57-59% range depending on how the undecideds break."
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ELON, N.C. -- Two years after the passage of a law that fundamentally restructures the nation’s health care system, more North Carolinians remain sour about the law and believe it will make the health care situation in the United States worse in the long run, according to the latest Elon University Poll.
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2011 wound up being one of the worst years for tornadoes in in recent state history. The National Weather Service recorded 63 tornadoes last year, more than twice the state average, with nearly half of those on one day.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --  State Rep. Bill Faison of Durham, Lt. Governor Walter Dalton of Rutherfordton, and former Congressman Bob Etheridge of Lillington, the three major candidates for the Democratic Party's gubernatorial nomination, will debate Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m, according to UNC-TV Director of Production Shannon Vickery.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Sky-high unemployment rates continue to rock North Carolina, creating ongoing uncertainty from job markets to retail spending to political campaigns. No fewer than 80 of North Carolina's 100 counties have an unemployment rate in excess of 10 percent, according to figures released last week by the state's Department of Commerce.
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