2 of 3 Men Who Helped Desegregate University Have Now Died
Two of the three men who successfully challenged racial segregation as undergraduates at North...
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Federal Court Weighs Halted North Carolina Judicial Primary
Lawyers for the Democratic Party in North Carolina say Republican legislators have taken away their right to decide who their favored judicial candidates will be this year by passing a law canceling primary elections for trial...
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House-Senate Panel Looking at Judicial Maps Meets Again
Potential changes to North Carolina’s judicial election districts considered by House and Senate...
Read MoreCommittee Examines Confederate Monument Relocation Request
A group of academic historians, preservationists and business people are meeting for the first time to evaluate the request by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration to remove three Confederate monuments from North...
Read MoreJudges OK Expert Changes to North Carolina Legislative Maps
Federal judges have approved North Carolina legislative districts redrawn by an expert they hired to address their concerns about continued racial bias with some boundaries and new constitutional violations. The three-judge...
Read MoreRepublicans Picking Up Pace on Judicial Redistricting Deal
Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are picking up the pace on creating new judicial election districts, with some leaders hopeful an agreement can be reached next week. House Speaker Tim Moore and the chamber’s...
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N. Carolina: Sterilization Victims to Get Final Payment Soon
North Carolina officials say the third and final compensation payment to sterilization victims...
Read MoreSupreme Court Delays Order for North Carolina to Redraw Maps
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current...
Read MoreFederal Judges Won’t Delay Requiring North Carolina Remap
Judges who struck down North Carolina’s congressional map for excessive partisanship have refused to delay their order telling Republican state lawmakers to draw new lines by next week. Tuesday’s decision by the three-judge...
Read MoreAdvocates: Judges’ Redistricting Order Shouldn’t Be Delayed
Advocacy groups and voters who’ve successfully sued so far in throwing out North Carolina’s congressional districts because of partisan gerrymandering say federal judges shouldn’t delay their order directing the legislature to...
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