N. Carolina: Sterilization Victims to Get Final Payment Soon
North Carolina officials say the third and final compensation payment to sterilization victims...
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Supreme 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...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Block Redraw
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block enforcement of an order throwing out the state’s congressional map because the lines were too partisan. The lawmakers’ attorneys filed a...
Read MoreNorth Carolina GOP Lawmakers Seek Congressional Ruling Delay
North Carolina Republican legislators have started trying to block a federal court ruling ordering them to draw new congressional districts because the judges said the GOP went too far to protect its partisan advantage with the...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Lawmakers Back at Work, No New GenX Deal Yet
The North Carolina legislature returned to work Wednesday, passing a few simple bills but finishing with Republicans unable to agree on more immediate action for water quality challenges intensified since disclosure of the...
Read MoreGOP Vows to Fight Ruling on North Carolina House Districts
A federal court’s decision to strike down North Carolina’s congressional map has cast uncertainty over the state’s 2018 U.S. House races and thrust the state into a national debate over reducing the role of partisanship in...
Read MoreGeneral Assembly Coming Back to Town for Appointments, GenX
The North Carolina legislature is meeting for the first time in nearly three months, with lawmakers aiming to pass laws addressing water quality and approving appointments to state boards and commissions. The General Assembly...
Read MoreJudges: North Carolina Must Redraw GOP’s Gerrymandered Map
Federal judges now agree that North Carolina’s congressional district map drawn by Republicans is illegally gerrymandered, excessively partisan, and must quickly be redone. The three judges ruled late Tuesday that the boundaries...
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