Gov. Josh Stein is seeking a court order that would block State Auditor Dave Boliek from making new appointments to the North Carolina State Board of Elections on May 1. Without help from the courts, Boliek would have the power to make those appointments under a new state law passed in December.
North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall earned at least two rounds of bipartisan applause at the start of this year’s legislative session. One was for assuming his new leadership post. The other was for releasing a House calendar for the next six months, complete with specific deadlines and a pledge to “give you some certainty...
In a sign of changing leadership in North Carolina government, a legal fight pitting the Democratic governor against top Republican legislative leaders has a new name. In a court filing Tuesday, a lawsuit challenging changes to oversight of the state elections board is no longer titled Cooper v. Berger. It’s now called Stein v. Hall.
Since North Carolinians are elect new leaders, there’s good reason to approve Helene funds and programs in batches and include those leaders in future planning.