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Democrats want federal court to address GOP challenge of 60,000 NC ballots

The North Carolina Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday to ensure challenges of 60,000 ballots in the state's latest election are addressed in federal court. Republicans filed the challenges with the State Board of Elections. The challenges could affect the outcome of the state Supreme Court race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin, along with a handful of state legislative contests.

Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses bill to change NC government structure

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses December action in the N.C. General Assembly to address a bill altering oversight of elections, the attorney general’s office, and other government functions. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 6, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”

NCDOT workers helped avert disaster on I-40 after Hurricane Helene, ‘God had a hand in this’

Responders Chris Strader and Garret McFalls were dispatched to the scene, where they quickly assessed the danger and took swift action to turn drivers around, sending them safely back toward Tennessee on the westbound lanes.

Griffin asks Appeals Court to order decision on election protests by Tuesday

Republican North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is turning to North Carolina’s second-highest court for an order that would force state election officials to make a final decision about Griffin’s election protests Tuesday. The State Board of Elections had planned to hear oral arguments about the protests the following day, according to a document Griffin filed Friday with the state Court of Appeals.