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North Carolina Senate leader backs literacy test repeal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's most powerful senator expressed interest on Tuesday in deleting a voter literacy test provision from the state constitution — a relic from the Jim Crow era that while unenforceable has never been removed. Senate leader Phil Berger told...
Group: N.C. request for redistricting rehearing 'frivolous'
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An advocacy group that sued over redistricting lines in North Carolina told state Supreme Court justices Monday that previous rulings that blocked legislative and congressional district maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders should be left intact. Common Cause...
North Carolina lawmakers back to work for 2023, filing bills
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh on Wednesday after its usual two-week January break and turned to the business of legislating — filing bills on several topics familiar to veteran lawmakers. The House and Senate held midday floor...
Leftover issues aplenty expected in North Carolina session
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's legislative ledger gets cleared every two years when the next set of 170 lawmakers are sworn in. The General Assembly starts from scratch filing and advancing bills. But the legislative session that begins in earnest Wednesday should be chock...
Larger GOP majorities seek impact at N. Carolina Statehouse
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly opened its two-year legislative session Wednesday with Republicans on the cusp of veto-proof control that will force Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to thread parliamentary needle s to block abortion restrictions and other culture war issues...
N. Carolina Sen. Lee new budget chairman in upcoming session
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Veteran state Sen. Michael Lee of New Hanover County has been elevated to one of the chief Senate budget-writing positions for the next two years, presumptive Senate leader Phil Berger announced on Tuesday. Lee will join fellow Republican Sens. Brent Jackson...
Suit challenging several N. Carolina abortion laws withdrawn
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina abortion provider, medical professionals and an abortion-rights group have withdrawn their 2020 lawsuit challenging several state laws restricting and regulating the procedure. The voluntary dismissal document, filed in Wake County Superior...
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina
Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News and Observer. December 17, 2022. Editorial: An important — but likely fleeting — NC Supreme Court victory on voting rights North Carolina’s electoral landscape was shifted in yet another redistricting ruling Friday. It’s the...
N. Carolina voter ID still void after Supreme Court ruling
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 2018 law requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina remains invalidated after a narrow majority on the state Supreme Court agreed Friday with a lower court decision that struck it down. In a 4-3 decision, the court’s Democratic justices said...
NC governor has little wiggle room with legislature in 2023
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper described on Wednesday jobs announcements, an emerging clean energy sector and his ability to block “culture-war, business-killing” laws on social issues from the General Assembly among his administration's accomplishments during...
