Regulator: Pipeline Permits Have No Link to Cooper Agreement
A North Carolina environmental regulator said Tuesday a separate monetary agreement reached by...
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In GOP Victory, Judges Decide Supreme Court Ruling is Narrow
A panel of state judges decided Monday that a recent North Carolina Supreme Court ruling favoring Gov. Roy Cooper means only a portion of a 2017 law combining the state ethics and elections boards is now struck down. The...
Read MoreEthics Complaint Filed Against North Carolina House Speaker
A Washington-based group has asked North Carolina ethics officials to investigate state House Speaker Tim Moore about his business interests and interactions with state environmental regulators over some land. The nonprofit...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Legislator Won’t Resign Despite Allegations
A North Carolina state legislator says he won’t step down even though fellow Democrats —including Gov. Roy Cooper — called on him to resign following a media report in which people said he made unwanted sexual advances. Rep....
Read MoreFlu Deaths in North Carolina Reach 253, Exceeds 2017 Total
Flu deaths in North Carolina this season have exceeded the count for all of last season with about three months left. The state Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday that 18 people died from the flu last...
Read MoreCompetition in North Carolina Legislative, Congress Races
When the filing deadline to run for North Carolina’s congressional and legislative seats arrived Wednesday, Democrats made good on their plans to compete in every corner of the state. Republicans likewise found candidates to...
Read MoreNeighbor Charged in Pittsboro Woman’s Death
Police say a man previously exonerated after spending nearly 40 years in prison for a store clerk’s death has been charged in the death of a woman found dead in her North Carolina apartment last year. WNCN-TV reports 64-year-old...
Read MoreAudit Show N Carolina Has 15K Untested Sexual Assault Kits
North Carolina’s attorney general says the state has more than 15,000 untested sexual assault kits, a number that one national advocacy group called “significant.” Attorney General Josh Stein released the numbers at a news...
Read MoreElections Board Wants More Money, New Laws to Help Security
North Carolina election administrators are asking state lawmakers for additional money and changes in the law to improve the security of registration and balloting from external and internal threats. State elections board...
Read MoreCase of Arrested Protesters at Legislature Will Go to Trial
A judge says the case of two people arrested at the North Carolina Legislative Building during a protest will continue. Superior Court Judge Carl Fox rejected arguments that the building rules were illegal. Fox ruled in Wake...
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