Statewide

Virginia Bridges, News & Observer – North Carolina will release 3,500 state prisoners early over the next six months under a settlement in a lawsuit challenging prison conditions during the …
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Michael Hyland, WNCN – Though Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is allowing for more sports fans to attend games starting Friday, Republicans in the General Assembly say his latest executive order …
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AP – Two small political parties in North Carolina that failed to meet candidate support thresholds in November to remain on future ballots will get more time to retain their …
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Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina’s top elections administrator on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to move all of this year’s municipal elections to 2022 and bump back next year’s primaries from …
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Sophie Kasakove, News & Observer – Republican legislators have drafted a bill that would reinstate the requirement that jobless people actively seek work in order to receive unemployment benefits.

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Will Doran, Charlotte Observer – Unless Republican lawmakers surprise him by embracing legal reforms, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says, he will likely be back in North Carolina courts …
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Gary D. Robertson, AP — Prominent North Carolina medical, business and nonprofit leaders and state legislators assembled by Gov. Roy Cooper backed several aspirational goals Friday to improve health care …
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