A federal judge has denied a request to speed up consideration of a lawsuit against North Carolina’s felon voting restrictions. An order issued Monday leaves the case’s current timeline intact.
Maternal mortality rates in North Carolina are climbing at an alarming rate. The CDC reports that over just a two-year span, the number of women who have died within six weeks of giving birth doubled — jumping from 22 deaths per 100,000 births to a staggering 44. And the growing lack of access to care,...
A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel issued an order Monday blocking a lower court ruling in a Robeson County video sweepstakes case. The lower court had granted an injunction in June favoring a sweepstakes operator.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is siding with five Asheville-area residents who are suing the city because of racial criteria tied to its Human Relations Commission. PLF and the five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Tuesday in the case Miall v. Asheville. Plaintiffs argue that Asheville rejected them for the advisory human relations group because they are white.
The recently passed NC state budget contains a provision that would not allow local governments and municipalities to establish minimum wage and other employment-related requirements for private employers. The text, referred to as the “Wage and Hour Act” in N.C. General Statute § 95-25.1, resurfaces a discussion about the balance of power between the General...
Gov Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley announced Monday that Medicaid expansion will begin on Dec. 1. This will add hundreds of thousands of working-age, able-bodied adults to the state's Medicaid program, making it the largest single expansion of an entitlement program in state history.
Gov. Roy Cooper has declared the week of Sept. 25 "Clean Energy Week." Whether that indicates he will sign Senate Bill 678, "Clean Energy/Other Changes," remains unclear.
A Republican candidate in the 2024 race for North Carolina’s next attorney general has changed course and has decided to run for a different office. Tom Murry announced over the weekend that he has decided to run for a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, leaving current Republican Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-08) to run...
The nation’s highest court will consider Tuesday a pair of petitions related to a legal dispute surrounding North Carolina’s “ag-gag law.” Both state Attorney General Josh Stein and the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation have asked the court to take the case in its upcoming term.
The North Carolina General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill on Friday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Child sex abuse case reminds us about government’s built-in limits
New age-verification law for online porn will protect NC children
Budget achieves big conservative wins
One day after he was officially replaced as an associate justice on the state Supreme Court, Michael Morgan announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democrat nomination for governor in 2024. Morgan announced this spring that he would step down from the state's high court. Morgan said that he'd had encouragement from some in his party to run for governor, sparking speculation that Morgan could face Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein in the primary.
Former congressional candidate, Pastor Mark Harris, a Republican, announced Tuesday morning that he will make a third try for Congress, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to allegations of ballot fraud. The announcement follows sitting Congressman Dan Bishop's announcement that he will not run for his seat again, seeking instead to be elected North Carolina's attorney general in 2024.
Americans For Prosperity Action, a conservative super PAC, is disavowing former President Donald Trump as the lead candidate for the 2024 election for president with its launch of a $1.68 million ad buy Wednesday in North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee, all Super Tuesday states, urging Republican voters to vote against him in the primary.
An Army Special Forces veteran from Gastonia is taking a second stab at running for Congress.