Tillis, Budd introduce immigration legislation as Trump closes the southern border.
McNabb wins Title IX hearing at WCU.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin will not be allowed to bypass a state trial court in his effort to block 65,000 or more votes from counting in his election against Democrat Allison Riggs. The state's highest court issued an order Wednesday sending the case back to Wake County Superior Court to address his election challenge.
The right-of-center Honest Elections Project is backing Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The group filed a brief Wednesday supporting Griffin’s argument that his election dispute belongs in a North Carolina courtroom rather than federal court.
A Title VI complaint was filed against Buncombe County in relation to hurricane relief funding.
New North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner and state government retirement systems urge the state Supreme Court to avoid taking up a case challenging recent cost-of-living adjustments for retiree benefits. State government retiree Michael Hughes asked the state’s high court earlier this month to take up his class-action suit.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs is asking her colleagues to schedule oral arguments as early as possible in her election dispute with opponent Jefferson Griffin. Riggs’ request would place the election case in front of other disputes the high court is scheduled to consider starting Feb. 11.
Last week, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, led Republican colleagues in introducing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. This bill would ensure that newborns surviving abortions would receive care from healthcare providers.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined Democrats serving as AG in 17 other states and the District of Columbia in a new federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
Harrigan introduced a bill to reinstate service members discharged who refused the COVID-19 vaccine.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will revisit its recent decision favoring Pender County in a dispute over a proposed 2,300-acre solar farm. An order Friday blocked the court’s initial decision favoring the county over the solar farm developer.
