RALEIGH, N.C. AP – North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley is getting one last chance before leaving office next month to expand his influence. The crises from Wall Street to Main Street are offering him an anxious audience of national leaders to listen.
When President-elect Barack Obama joined other governors and governors-elect last week in Philadelphia to talk about an economic stimulus package, Easley gave a brief talk about a mortgage foreclosure reduction program he persuaded the Legislature to approve last summer.
