Nov. 19 injunction hearing set in suits against NC congressional map
Federal judges will expedite two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled Nov. 19 in Winston-Salem.
North Carolina legislative leaders are asking a three-judge panel to dismiss two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map.
Two sets of plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map are seeking an injunction to block its use in 2026 elections.
The three-judge panel overseeing two federal redistricting lawsuits in North Carolina will allow plaintiffs in both cases to challenge the state’s new congressional map.
The North Carolina NAACP and Common Cause hope to challenge the state’s new congressional map as part of their existing federal redistricting lawsuit.
Plaintiffs in an existing North Carolina federal redistricting lawsuit want to supplement their existing complaint to cover the state’s new congressional map.
The three-judge panel overseeing two North Carolina federal redistricting lawsuits wants to know how the state’s new congressional map affects their cases. The judges have called on parties in the two suits to file written briefs next week.
The Senate approved the new map on its third reading Tuesday morning in a 26–20 vote, sending it to the NC House by special messenger.
North Carolina lawmakers plan to return to Raleigh next week to consider a new congressional map after President Donald Trump called on Republican-led legislatures to counter redistricting efforts by Democrats in blue states. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to...
Gov. Josh Stein said the possibility of redistricting in the state right now “would be ridiculous," referring to a comment made on X last week by Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Berger denies allegations he asked President Donald Trump for an endorsement in his tight primary in exchange for redrawing the lines of NC-1.
On Friday, Governor Josh Stein’s office announced a new round of appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina.