Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to limit state court oversight over future congressional redistricting. Republicans filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the court, asserting the Democrat-controlled state Supreme Court violated the elections clause of the U.S. Constitution when they invalidated the legislature’s congressional maps and imposed...
North Carolina began its redistricting process for the 2022 elections in early August. Six and a half months later legislative and congressional maps for 2022 became final after the Democrat-controlled state supreme court seized control of the process forcing the legislature to bend to its will and adopt Democrat-friendly legislative maps. The court then imposed...
The speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives wants colleagues to override the governor’s veto of a bill ending school mask mandates. It would mark the first time in a year that lawmakers have tried to overturn a gubernatorial veto. “This isn’t over,” Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, tweeted Friday. “Looking forward to overriding @NC_Governor‘s veto...
State legislative leaders are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal dispute over a new congressional map for North Carolina. Lawmakers filed Friday for an emergency stay of a state court ruling. That ruling established a court-imposed map for this year’s congressional elections. Based on recommendations from an appointed group of special...
Following the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that North Carolina won’t be ending the mask mandate for public school children, N.C. Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, stated that the House would be advancing legislation to give parents the ability to opt-out of the mask requirement. Legislation is expected after redistricting....
Republican legislative leaders will redraw legislative and congressional maps while still examining other options, after Democrats on the state Supreme Court found for the first time that partisan consideration in map-drawing can violate the state constitution. “We will redraw the maps,” Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said Monday. “What we’re doing right now is really...
Supporters of a proposed $1.7 billion court-ordered hike in N.C. education funding are renewing their pleas for action from the N.C. Supreme Court. Court filings Tuesday urge justices to take another look at a case that dates back to 1994. The direct issue is a retired Union County judge’s order to transfer the $1.7 billion...
Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe, will officially retire from office at the end of this year. Fisher, a news release says, has represented House District 114 for 18 years and is currently minority whip. Her current term was scheduled to end on Jan. 1, 2023. “Representative Fisher joined the North Carolina House 18 years ago, and we...
Updated with news of the governor signing the budget, Senate Bill 105, 2021 Appropriations Act, into law. Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday, Nov. 18, signed the $25.9 billion budget plan into law. It’s the first budget from the General Assembly that Cooper has signed since taking office in 2017. Both chambers passed the budget by...
When Congressman Madison Cawthorn confirmed through a video that he would change congressional districts, he began by telling Republican voters in the 13th Congressional District that they could not make a wise selection for Congress without him. “I have every confidence in the world that regardless of where I run, the 14th Congressional District will...
Gov. Roy Cooper says he will sign the first budget from the General Assembly since he took office in 2017. The announcement came in a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, and before the first vote from the Senate on Tuesday afternoon. The General Assembly released the $25.9 billion budget plan Monday, Nov. 15. Senate lawmakers...
