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Confederate Statue Being Removed In Winston-Salem
A construction crew was preparing to take down a Confederate statue in Winston-Salem Tuesday morning, a rare move in a state where such monuments are largely protected by law.
Two cranes were set up on either side of the statue and traffic was blocked on a main downtown thoroughfare.
"Work has started and hopefully it will be removed by end of the day," City Manager Lee Garrity said in an email.
Voter ID Measure Would Delay Requirement Until 2020
Surfacing legislation would essentially delay requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina until the 2020 elections, because of concerns about the deadlines to finalize ID rules as previously unscheduled congressional elections approach.
Senate Republicans filed a measure to slow the required use of voter ID to vote in person that a legislative committee planned to debate on Tuesday.
A December law implementing voter ID suggested voters could have to show qualifying cards for elections held as early as this spring.
Cooper Elevates Court Of Appeals Judge To Supreme Court
Gov. Roy Cooper has added a sixth Democrat to the seven-member state Supreme Court.
Cooper announced Monday that Court of Appeals Judge Mark Davis is his choice as a new associate justice, filling a vacancy created when Cooper appointed Cheri Beasley as chief justice.
Davis fills Beasley's old seat, which she held until succeeding Chief Justice Mark Martin on March 1. Martin's resignation to become a law school dean set in motion chair shuffling within North Carolina's two appeals courts.
North Carolina Sued Again Over Transgender Rights
North Carolina is being sued again over its treatment of transgender people.
State employees argue in a lawsuit filed Monday that their health plan violated federal law and their constitutional rights by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures that had been covered in 2017.
The new lawsuit comes amid unresolved litigation over North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill and the law that replaced it.
The lawsuit was brought by five current or former state employees, along with two of their dependents. The employees say the treatments prescribed by doctors to treat gender dysphoria are life-saving.
North Carolina Agencies Pay Millions With Scant Transparency
Government officials in North Carolina are shelling out millions of insurance and taxpayer dollars to quell risks of lawsuits, whether by an employee alleging discrimination or a driver hit by a local school bus.
A collaborative investigation released Monday by nine newsrooms across the state has found little uniformity in how these settlement agreements are tracked and shared with the public.
Despite sometimes large price tags, these agreements aim to save money by protecting public agencies from prolonged court battles or expensive judgments.
The media coalition's review found some agreements contain confidentiality provisions that may run contrary to state law. Some agreements also impose gag orders on plaintiffs.
North Carolina Hopefuls Sign Up For Open Congressional Seat
Candidates are signing up to run for a North Carolina congressional seat after November's election was deemed tainted and needed a do-over.
Candidate filing for the 9th Congressional District runs through Friday.
First into the race was Republican Union County Commissioner Stony Rushing, the candidate backed by 2018 GOP candidate Mark Harris.
Harris opted not to run after witnesses testified at a hearing that a political operative working for him in rural Bladen County collected mail-in ballots, making votes vulnerable to tampering.
Democrat Dan McCready ran last year and says he'll run again.
Voting Begins Soon In District Attracting Over 25 Candidates
Voters can soon begin to pick from among over two dozen candidates who have filed to run for an eastern North Carolina congressional seat empty since last month's death of GOP Rep. Walter Jones Jr.
Traditional mail-in absentee balloting begins Friday in the 3rd Congressional District for April 30 primaries for Republican, Democratic and Libertarian hopefuls.
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