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NC Republicans Seek Moving Congress Case To Federal Court
Republican legislative leaders are trying to move from state court to federal court a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina congressional map drawn in 2016.
The GOP lawmakers filed a notice Monday in the partisan redistricting litigation that voters filed last month in Wake County court. The lawmakers' attorneys said the venue change is necessary because complying with the plaintiffs' demands for a new map would conflict state redistricting rules with the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act.
A federal court granting the move could scuttle the plaintiffs' case since the U.S. Supreme Court recently declared federal courts lack authority to rule on partisan gerrymandering claims.
2 More North Carolina Gov't Funding Bills Signed By Cooper
Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law two more bills that mimic portions of the state budget bill he vetoed in June.
The Democratic governor announced Monday that he signed a measure increasing access to grant money for rural broadband projects. The other bill locates money for more prosecutors, judges and judicial staff as more young offenders get funneled to the juvenile system instead of adult court. Cooper signed that bill even while criticizing some position allocations as politically motivated.
Poll: More North Carolina Residents Favor Impeachment Inquiry
A plurality of North Carolinians favors the beginning of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from Meredith College.
Just under half — 48.2 percent — of those polled say Trump should face an inquiry. Forty-one percent said he should not.
The poll also found that Trump's overall approval rating had slipped about four percent since the spring, and among Republicans, it had dropped 10 percent.
The weeklong poll had almost wrapped up by the time Trump made his controversial decision to remove U.S. troops from Syria. McLennan says that the issue likely did not affect the poll's numbers.
NC Officials Confirm 3rd Death From Legionnaires' Disease
North Carolina health officials say a third person has died from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease linked to a hot tub display at a fair.
The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the third death Monday.
The department says 140 cases of Legionnaires' have been confirmed in 19 North Carolina counties and "multiple states." It says in addition to the three deaths, 94 people have been hospitalized.
The agency says the cases are connected to people who attended the Mountain State Fair last month in Fletcher. It says testing found Legionella bacteria in one water sample at the fair and those who were diagnosed with the disease may have walked by the hot tub displays.
"Somebody's Got A Big Foot": Man To Hunt For Fabled Creature
A North Carolina man says he plans to spend a night hunting for a fabled North American creature because he found a footprint that seemed to be larger than a human could make.
Electrician Joe Scarborough tells WCNC-TV that he was working near Casar last week when he spotted what appeared to be a fresh footprint about 13 to 14 inches long. He says, "I was looking at that real close and ... I said 'Somebody's got a big foot.'"
He says he now plans to spend the night in the area with some game cameras to see what happens, because "why not?"
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