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Lame-Duck Session Addressing Voter ID, Florence, Boards
The North Carolina General Assembly is coming back to approve voter ID details, consider more Hurricane Florence spending and address legal fights with Gov. Roy Cooper over state boards and commissions.
The legislature will reconvene at midday Tuesday, three weeks since an Election Day in which Democrats won over a dozen legislative seats and broke the Republicans' veto-proof majorities come January.
GOP leaders still have veto-proof control during a two-week lame-duck session. That will help them pass legislation to implement a constitutional amendment mandating photo identification to vote that was approved in a statewide referendum.
US Reps: Deportation Won't Happen Until Man's Claim Is Heard
Two North Carolina congressmen say a Mexican immigrant who took refuge in a church for 11 months won't be deported until immigration officials decide his pending request to stay in the U.S.
U.S. Rep. David Price tweeted Monday that he and fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield received assurances from immigration officials that Samuel Oliver-Bruno won't be removed until his claim is settled.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox confirmed federal officials have agreed to allow the case to be completed, even though Oliver-Bruno could legally be deported now. Online records list Oliver-Bruno as being held in Georgia.
Man Indicted For Making Threats To Schools, Hospital
A North Carolina man has been indicted for making threats of mass violence to three schools and a hospital.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports a Forsyth County grand jury indicted 21-year-old Dennis Alexis Maldonado Monday on charges of making a false report of mass violence on educational property communicating threats.
The indictments said Maldonado told a police officer and posted to social media that he was going to "shoot up" an elementary, middle and high school in Walkertown. Assistant District Attorney Jessica Spencer told a judge that Maldonado said he made the threat to the schools because he wanted to be famous.
He's also accused of calling in a threat to Forsyth Medical Center.
Asheville Moves To Ban Electric Scooters
Asheville is moving to ban electronic scooters after a fleet of the vehicles unexpectedly appeared in the area last month.
The Asheville Citizen Times reports the City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to impose a $100 fine for using the scooters on public roads and sidewalks. City Transportation Department Director Ken Putnam says the ban would give Asheville time to review its bike-share and e-scooter feasibility study.
Greensboro has adopted new rules for the use of scooters. Winston-Salem has instituted a ban while the city considers regulations.
Former Football Coach Mack Brown In Talks With UNC To Take Over Program
A former UNC football coach may be heading back to Chapel Hill. North Carolina is negotiating with Mack Brown to fill a vacancy that came open after the firing of Larry Fedora.
In the 1990s, Brown coached the Tar Heels in five straight bowl games before bolting for Texas, where he won a National Championship in 2005.
Now, in a homecoming of sorts, Brown could be coming back. He is reported by Inside Carolina and others to be UNC's pick to replace Fedora, who was fired Sunday after going 5-18 over the last two seasons.
UNC owes Fedora about $12 million left on his contract that runs through 2022.
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