Mike Easley and his Democratic mates. At the hearing’s conclusion, the board voted 5-0 to sock the Easley campaign with a $100,000 fine for failing to report as in-kind contributions a slew of ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley was convicted of knowingly filing a false campaign report in a deal halting a federal investigation, officials said. A special prosecutor will take over the ...

The new top prosecutor for what may be the most important of North Carolina’s three federal districts will likely be Michael Easley Jr., the son of the former governor. Democratic President Joe ...

U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley Jr. announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down after more than three years as the top federal law enforcement official in eastern North Carolina. Easley was ...

U.S. Attorney Michael Easley on Thursday joined the FBI and law enforcement in Fayetteville and Cumberland County to announce the indictment of 17 people related to drugs and violent crimes.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A former aide to former Gov. Mike Easley was indicted Thursday on more than 50 federal counts, including extortion, bribery and money laundering amid allegations he received ...

"Mike is a nice, personable guy who does his own thing, in his own time in a way he wants to do it," said Rep. Mickey Michaux, who has known Easley and worked with him since the 1980s. "That's ...

Gov. Mike Easley said Tuesday he is not convinced that notes scribbled by public information officers within his administration prove that his office ordered public records destroyed. Gov.

On a foggy Wednesday morning in Southport, Mike Easley stands by his kitchen table — a piece of furniture he carved himself from the wood of a sunken ship — and gazes out the window toward the ...

Mike Easley Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, stood on a stage in Raleigh on July 12 with leaders of local law enforcement agencies and announced indictments of 27 ...