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Lawyers: Redistricting Expert's Files Show Judges Were Misled
In a legal dispute over North Carolina's legislative districts, Democrats and election reform advocates say documents from a Republican redistricting expert show lawmakers misled judges about whether special elections should be held under new district lines in 2017.
The charge came as lawyers in the partisan gerrymandering lawsuit now fight over how to use tens of thousands of files from Thomas Hofeller in an upcoming trial. Hofeller died last year, but his estranged daughter told the group Common Cause about his files, leading its lawyers to subpoena them.
NC Republicans Look To Regroup, Pick Leader At Convention
North Carolina Republicans are gathering for their annual convention and regrouping after some electoral setbacks, an absentee ballot probe and legal troubles for the outgoing state chairman.
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the GOP convention beginning Friday in Concord.
Delegates on Saturday will choose a successor to Robin Hayes as chairman. Hayes said he wouldn't seek re-election the day before being indicted on charges related to attempts to bribe the state's insurance commissioner on behalf of a wealthy donor.
Civil Rights Leader Convicted Of Trespassing At Legislature
The civil rights leader who started the "Moral Monday" protest movement in North Carolina has been convicted of trespassing during a 2017 protest at the General Assembly.
The Rev. William Barber was convicted of a misdemeanor charge in a Wake County courtroom Thursday. Barber was charged for not leaving the General Assembly when told to do so, and he demanded a jury trial.
In an email, Barber said he would appeal the verdict.
Ex-US Senator Hagan Makes Rare Appearance Years After Diagnosis
A former U.S. senator who has been suffering from brain inflammation made a rare public appearance at a groundbreaking ceremony for an airport where she helped gain funding.
Kay Hagan helped break ground Wednesday on a new air traffic control tower at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Airport Executive Director Kevin Baker says Hagan visited during her time as a senator and helped alert others in Washington to the need for a new tower.
Hagan's husband says her condition, which developed from a tick-borne illness, makes it difficult for her to speak and walk. He says she hadn't gotten out often since her 2016 diagnosis.
Kay Jewelers Fires Worker Who Banned Armed Deputy
Kay Jewelers has split with a North Carolina store manager who wouldn't allow a deputy to pick up an engagement ring because the deputy was wearing his service weapon.
The Charlotte Observer reports the store said on Facebook Thursday that the Statesville worker is no longer employed by the company. Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said Wednesday that the deputy went to the store on his lunch break this week and left without the ring he'd purchased.
Campbell says the manager met the deputy at the door and told him he couldn't enter while armed with his service weapon. Campbell says it's against department policy to remove service weapons while in uniform.
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