Politics and Government

Bryan Anderson, Associated Press/Report for America — While spread of COVID-19 remains high, transmission of the virus has noticeably declined in North Carolina over the last two weeks, according to …
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Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL — North Carolina lawmakers are daring a Wake County judge to try to force their hand in a landmark education funding lawsuit.A court-ordered plan says they need to …
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Paul Specht, PolitiFact — North Carolina may be closer to redistricting reform than some voters realize. That’s what Republican donor and businessman Art Pope and former University of North Carolina President …
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Keung Hui and Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn, The Raleigh News and Observer – Republicans in North Carolina and nationally, including former President Donald Trump, have called for a ban on what …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — More than a dozen advocacy groups called Thursday for communities of color across North Carolina to become more involved in the process of redrawing congressional and …
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Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – Four North Carolina state lawmakers have now announced that they will not run for reelection in 2022, as the Republican-controlled General Assembly is preparing …
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Gary D. Robertson, AP — Former colleagues of the late Senate leader Marc Basnight gathered Tuesday to remember his lasting contributions to North Carolina and to view a portrait of …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — In a 2-1 decision Friday, a panel of North Carolina judges struck down the state’s voter ID law, saying Republican lawmakers who passed it were motivated …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL — North Carolina’s attorney general would no longer be able to settle lawsuits against the state without the approval of legislative leaders, under a bill heading to …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — House Speaker Tim Moore said Wednesday that he hopes to get a House/Senate consensus state budget to Gov. Roy Cooper next week so that the next stage of …
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