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Income Tax Cap Question Added to Fall Ballot

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2018 | State Government

The Republican-controlled General Assembly has agreed voters should decide whether North Carolina’s cap on the income tax in the state constitution should be lowered. The House and Senate voted Thursday to put a proposed...

Remap Ruling Keeps North Carolina’s Current Lines Intact

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2018 | State

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina redistricting leaves intact General Assembly boundaries for this fall’s elections. The justices ruled 8-1 on Thursday it was proper for a lower-court panel of federal judges to...

Judges Seek Briefs After N Carolina Remapping Case Returned

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 27, 2018 | State

A federal judicial panel is seeking input from lawyers in a North Carolina redistricting case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided needs more work. The judges ruled in January the state’s congressional boundaries were illegal...

N Carolina Lawmakers Override Early Voting, Farm Bill Vetoes

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 27, 2018 | State Government

The North Carolina legislature has overridden Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on Republican bills altering early in-person voting and restricting litigation by neighbors of large livestock operations who have complained...

Crime Victims’ Rights Amendment Going to Voters

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 26, 2018 | State Government

Voters will be asked this fall to decide whether to change the North Carolina Constitution to rework a current section that lays out the rights of crime victims. The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to accept changes in the...

Voting, Farm Bills Among 7 Vetoed by N Carolina Governor

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 26, 2018 | State Government

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed seven bills just before a Monday night deadline, deciding to block Republican proposals to alter early in-person voting and restrict nuisance litigation that neighbors of big livestock...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear North Carolina Districting Dispute

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 25, 2018 | National

The Supreme Court is choosing not to take on a new case on partisan redistricting for now. Instead, the justices are sending a dispute over North Carolina’s heavily Republican congressional districting map back to a lower court...

Judge Mulls Letting Bathroom Bill Fight Proceed

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 25, 2018 | State

A federal judge needs time to consider whether transgender plaintiffs can proceed with a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina law that replaced the state’s “bathroom bill.” U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder heard arguments...

March Primary, Opioid Crime Measures Signed by Cooper

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 22, 2018 | State Government

North Carolina’s even-year primary elections are moving from May to March and police will get a new tool to track illegal opioid transactions with Gov. Roy Cooper signing nearly 30 bills into law. Cooper announced Friday he’s...

Thwarted Before, Republicans Seek Photo ID Through Amendment

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 21, 2018 | State Government

North Carolina Republicans have been thwarted by veto and federal judges this decade to require photo identification to vote. Now they’re hoping state residents will cement the mandate by amending the state constitution. A House...

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