North Carolina’s governor said Thursday that his administration has not received the written safety plan for the upcoming Republican National Convention requested by his health secretary in response to President Trump’s demands for a full-scale event.
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President Trump’s demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health officials — and local Republicans — as coronavirus cases surge in the host county and statewide.
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North Carolina’s warring lawmakers failed Monday to have the U.S. Supreme Court take up a battle over a voter-identification law struck down as discriminatory.
Read moreDemocratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper sued state lawmakers on Wednesday, seeking to block a new law that limits his powers by merging the state board of elections and ethics commission.
Read moreNorth Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly enacted a law Wednesday to shrink the state Court of Appeals from 15 judges to 12, despite Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s efforts to talk them out of such a move.
Read moreDemocrats in the North Carolina Legislature have introduced legislation that would repeal the state’s controversial House Bill 2 while adding statewide protections for people in a number of categories. The bill faces a tough road ahead.
Read moreA three-judge panel in North Carolina temporarily halted hearings planned by a GOP-controlled state Senate panel that was to begin reviewing cabinet appointments by newly-elected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday.
Read moreA federal judge temporarily blocked North Carolina’s new Democratic governor from expanding Medicaid, granting a request by GOP lawmakers.
Read moreNorth Carolina’s incoming Democratic governor on Friday sued to block a new law passed by the Republican controlled legislature earlier this month to limit his powers as he prepares to take office.
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