Government and Administrative Law

In his first public comments about allegations of potential wrongdoings by his campaign and the state Democratic Party, former Gov. Mike Easley said he did not play a large part in controlling how the finances were raised for his campaign. Easley denied earlier testimony that he told McQueen Campbell to write bogus invoices for repairs…

See related video RALEIGH (WTVD) — A prosecutor from Rowan County will pick up where North Carolina’s State Board of Elections left off last week on former governor Mike Easley. They looked at campaign finance violations, fined his campaign $100,000, and forwarded the matter to the prosecutor to investigate possible criminal wrongdoing. But, Easley’s biggest…

The State Board of Elections ordered former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign to pay $100,000 for failing to report campaign flights and sent Easley’s case to the Wake County District Attorney’s Office for a criminal review at the conclusion of a weeklong hearing on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Read more on The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Months of probing by state investigators culminates Monday in the first campaign finance hearing in North Carolina history for a former governor. Read more on WRAL