North Carolina Republican legislators want to get formally involved in a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s latest voter identification law because they say Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein can’t be trusted to defend it. House Speaker ...
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Read More »A second North Carolina election that employed political consultants involved in the country’s last unresolved congressional race is being challenged, and the Democrat who was forced out as sheriff after an apparent narrow loss is demanding his job back. A ...
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Read More »Authorities say a North Carolina man missing for months was fatally beaten and stuffed into a metal dog cage. The Fayetteville Observer reports 23-year-old Ryan Dewain Chavis was charged Thursday with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of Charles ...
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Read More »The Latest on a North Carolina congressional race where a winner hasn’t been finalized while an absentee ballot fraud investigation continues (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The Republican candidate in the country’s last undecided congressional contest says he had a ...
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Read More »The dissolution of North Carolina’s elections board Friday injected further uncertainty into a still-undecided congressional race as a U.S. House Democratic leader rejected the idea of filling the seat until an investigation of ballot fraud allegations is complete. Gov. Roy ...
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Read More »A lawyer for the Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional race said Monday the campaign doesn’t think a planned hearing aiming to root out evidence of alleged ballot fraud can happen. An attorney for Republican Mark Harris said Monday ...
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Read More »Police say a man accused of aggressive panhandling was shot in North Carolina. Wilmington police tell news outlets in a statement that 33-year-old Eric Gurtler suffered a minor gunshot wound Monday night. Police say 30-year-old Terrin Horton is accused of ...
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Read More »A North Carolina man is accused of shooting and killing another man outside a small airport. Citing a Greenville police release, news outlets report 52-year-old Joseph Pate died at the scene outside Pitt-Greenville Airport early Sunday. Airport Director Betty Stansbury ...
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Read More »(AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Dec. 14 vetoed legislation implementing a voter photo identification mandate that was added to the state’s constitution in a recent referendum, teeing up a likely veto override by Republican lawmakers. Cooper has repeatedly opposed ...
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Read More »(AP) — Legislation quickly passed by North Carolina’s lawmakers this week would prepare a path for Republicans to dump their nominee in a still-undecided U.S. House race marred with ballot fraud allegations. “I think (legislators are) worried that Mark Harris ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
