The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided not to take up two cases pitting the state’s Democratic governor against Republican legislative leaders. One case involves a fight over changes to the State Board of Elections. The other involves a dispute over appointments to seven other state boards and commissions.
Put money not needed for core services into savings or, alternatively, pay down state debt, which frees up recurring dollars no longer needed for debt service.
Since the turn of the 20th century, North Carolina voters have picked Republicans for governor just four times: Jim Holshouser in 1972, Jim Martin in 1984 and 1988, and Pat McCrory in 2012. In each case, there was no Democratic incumbent. In each case, the GOP presidential candidate also won North Carolina. A similar scenario...
A three-judge panel has denied Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for an injunction blocking recent actions from the state Environmental Management Commission. The panel made that unanimous decision Friday after a nearly three-hour hearing in a lawsuit pitting Cooper against Republican legislative leaders. The decision also dissolved a temporary restraining order against the EMC that had remained in effect for a month.