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Seeking Sanctuary, Undocumented Grandmother Moves To Greensboro Church
An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala has moved into a Greensboro church after receiving deportation orders.
The woman in question is Juana Luz Tobar Ortega.
She fled violence in Guatemala in 1993, and eventually came to Asheboro. Now, she's living at Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in hopes that immigration officials will reverse their decision to deport her.
Full House Ready To Consider NC Spending Proposal
Negotiations by Republicans at the General Assembly to finalize a North Carolina state budget are starting to take shape as the House spending proposal goes to the chamber floor.
House GOP leaders scheduled debate and the first of two required votes Thursday on their budget, which would spend almost $23 billion next year, just like the Senate GOP budget measure approved three weeks ago. But the House proposal differs from the Senate in several spending and policy decisions. The Senate also seeks much deeper tax cuts than the House wants.
Judges Tackle If Cutting Governor's Elections Role Is Legal
A North Carolina judicial panel is taking on the question of whether it's constitutional for GOP legislators to end the century-old practice of governors overseeing efficient elections now that a political rival is in office.
A hearing starts Thursday to decide Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit seeking to have the new law declared unconstitutional.
Cooper's lawyers argue the law is unconstitutional because it interferes with the governor's duty to ensure election laws are faithfully carried out.
Lawyers for Republican legislators say Cooper's argument is a smoke screen for a partisan turf war.
Bill To Expand North Carolina's 'Revenge Porn' Law Advances
A measure expanding North Carolina's "revenge porn" law to cases beyond those where the people already have existing relationships could soon replace the existing legislation.
Current law makes it illegal for someone to disclose nude or sexual images of a person without the person's consent and with the intent to identify the person and cause harm.
Modified language in a bill passed Wednesday by a Senate committee would clarify that the law includes instances in which a person obtained the images without the depicted person's consent. It also removes the relationship reference.
Anti-LGBT Posters Divide Students At North Carolina School
Posters equating supporting LGBT rights to supporting sin have divided a North Carolina high school.
The Times-News of Burlington reports the posters at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane referenced the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
An openly gay sophomore, Jeremy Clevenger, told the newspaper he reported the posters to an assistant principal Tuesday and was told the posters were "freedom of speech."
But Alamance-Burlington Schools spokeswoman Jenny Faulkner says the posters were taken down last weekend because no one sought permission to post them. She says permission would not have been granted because of the content.
Caterpillar Laying Off 85 Workers In North Carolina
Caterpillar will close a plant in North Carolina and 85 workers will lose their jobs.
The company notified North Carolina officials that it would close its plant in Morganton this summer as part of a previously announced cost-cutting measure.
The engine parts plant will begin laying off workers July 24.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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