Republican North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd gave an update Tuesday about the situation involving the hostages, including North Carolina native Keith Siegel, being held by Hamas in Gaza, during a phone call with the media.
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party will not intervene in one of three lawsuits challenging the state’s new election law. A federal judge has denied GOP requests to take part in a suit led by left-of-center activist group Democracy NC.
Congressman Patrick McHenry, R-NC10, has officially announced his retirement from the United States House of Representatives, saying "this season has come to an end."
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg secured a partial victory Tuesday from the state Court of Appeals. The court threw out an injunction and another order related to a $600 million judgment against Lindberg.
A bustling crowd of candidate hopefuls stood in line at the Gov. James G. Martin Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Monday as candidate filing got underway for the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina.
Judges and justices deserve more freedom to comment on matters of public concern, especially in a state that fills the jobs through elections.
Eighteen black and Latino plaintiffs working with Democratic lawyer Marc Elias’ law firm have filed a federal lawsuit to block North Carolina’s new congressional map. They took their case to court on the same afternoon that candidate filing began for the state’s 2024 elections.
A Duke Health doctor has dismissed one part of an ongoing federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s new abortion law. Two other pieces of the law continue to face a legal challenge. A federal judge issued a Sept. 30 injunction against the two targeted items.
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is asking a federal Appeals Court to issue an injunction that would block the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission from proceeding with an investigation against her. Without an injunction, the commission could consider Earls’ case on Friday.
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg will head back to federal court on May 6 for a retrial on fraud and bribery charges that initially sent him to prison for a seven-year sentence. An Appeals Court later wiped out that sentence. Charges were connected to Lindberg’s interaction with state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.
Nine days after denying state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ initial request for an injunction against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, a federal judge has denied Earls’ second request for an injunction. US District Judge William Osteen issued his latest order Thursday afternoon. He denied Earls’ request to block a commission investigation into Earls’ published comments while she appeals to the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
