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North Carolina Republican senators began on Wednesday to attempt to advance wide-ranging voting measures addressing early and absentee balloting and transferring control over the state election board from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to legislative leaders.
Transgender sports ban nears finish line in North Carolina legislature
A bill banning transgender girls from playing on the middle school, high school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity is approaching the finish line in North Carolina as GOP-controlled state legislatures nationwide round out a record year of legislation targeting transgender residents.
North Carolina Republicans send green investment ban to governor
A ban on green investing has cleared North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature as part of a broader Republican crusade against big businesses that champion sustainability and workplace diversity.
North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies
Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state's senior U.S. senator, for backing LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence policies.
North Carolina bill ensuring Native American school graduates can wear feathers heads to governor
American Indian students in North Carolina public schools could wear items like feathers and plumes to their graduation ceremonies to signify their cultural heritage in legislation given final Gene
Former State Rep. Derwin Montgomery given five years probation in federal fraud case
Derwin Montgomery, a former Winston-Salem city councilman and state representative, faced a federal judge Thursday for sentencing in connection with a fraud conviction.
North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor
The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, a decision poised to open the nation's ninth-largest state to
North Carolina legislature approves limits on politics, race discussion in state workplaces
The promotion of certain beliefs that some North Carolina lawmakers have likened to “critical race theory" is on track to be banned in state government workplaces, under a bill that received final legislative approval on Tuesday.
North Carolina Democrats seek election, campaign changes after lawmaker switches to GOP
North Carolina state legislators who change party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat, according to a bill filed Tuesday by Senate Democrats in response to