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Tougher riot punishments approved by legislature a 2nd time
The North Carolina legislature gave final approval on Thursday to more severe punishments for rioters for the second time in three years — a response to 2020 demonstrations about racial injustice t
N. Carolina legislators reach Medicaid expansion deal
NC senators vote for medical pot at appropriate time
Some North Carolina legislators voted twice this week at an appropriate time — 4:20 p.m. — for legislation that would legalize marijuana for medical use in the state.
North Carolina lawmakers again seeking literacy test repeal
North Carolina lawmakers and voters have rejected past efforts to strip an unenforceable literacy test requirement from the state constitution that was used for decades to disenfranchise Black vote
North Carolina Senate backs legalizing pot for medical use
The North Carolina Senate voted on Tuesday to legalize marijuana use for medical purposes, giving strong bipartisan support for the second year in a row to an idea that its supporters say would giv
N. Carolina speaker, lawmaker uninjured after SUV rammed
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore and another lawmaker were unhurt after authorities said a pickup truck struck the sport utility vehicle they were traveling in on a Raleigh-area highway.
North Carolina lawmakers try again to make sheriffs help ICE
The North Carolina General Assembly began a repeat effort Wednesday to require all sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents who are interested in picking up certain jail inmates.
North Carolina House votes to end pistol permit requirements
House Republicans in North Carolina voted Wednesday to toss out a longstanding requirement that handgun buyers first obtain a permit from their county sheriff, disregarding Democrats' concerns that
N. Carolina congressman, briefly senator Broyhill dies at 95
Jim Broyhill, a longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the U.S.