This bill once made it easier to get domestic violence protective orders. Now it makes it harder.
Travis Fain, WRAL – Support for a once-simple bill to close a loophole in North Carolina’s domestic violence laws has crumbled at the statehouse after lawmakers added extra language in …
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An NC Republican reported his party’s plans to gerrymander. Then he walked it back.
Lucille Sherman and Will Doran, News & Observer – The former North Carolina GOP executive director reported this week that his party would gerrymander the state’s new congressional districts to …
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Still want cocktails to-go in North Carolina? There’s an order for that.
Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – Want cocktails to-go? Restaurants and bars will be still be allowed to sell mixed drinks for takeout or delivery for the next month. In …
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Audit says checks to parents should’ve been automatic, but it’s not too late to get one
Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – The state’s Extra Credit grant program doled out $335 checks to more than a million North Carolina parents in 2020, using federal coronavirus relief …
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NC House speaker: Transgender sports bill has been set aside
Gary Robertson, AP – The North Carolina General Assembly won’t advance legislation this year preventing transgender girls and women from competing in school sports labeled for biologically female athletes, a top legislative …
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Senators dial back their push to stop 14-year-olds from marrying in NC
Danielle Battaglia, News & Observer – Senators walked back a proposed bill that would ban child marriages in North Carolina, but amended it to match the state’s laws on statutory rape. …
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NC lawmakers opt to keep century-old law against adultery
Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – North Carolinians can still sue a person who has an affair with their spouse, after a handful of lawmakers killed a bill that would …
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Democrat Bo Hess joins fight for 11th Congressional District seat
WLOS – A new candidate has entered the running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District seat. Democrat Bo Hess said intends to seek the Democratic nomination in the race. Hess …
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More government worker info public in N Carolina Senate bill
Gary Robertson, AP – More details about why North Carolina state and local government employees and educators were demoted, suspended or transferred would be made public under legislation that cleared …
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Revised NC highway litter bill drops higher fines but adds money for inmate cleanups
Richard Stradling, News & Observer – A bill that had proposed to double the fines for littering in North Carolina has been revised to instead bolster government efforts to clean …
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