RALEIGH (AP) There are more comings and goings at the North Carolina House as one Republican member will resign and local activists chose a replacement for a Democrat who stepped down last week. GOP Rep. Linda Hunt Williams of Wake ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and other opponents of legislative Republicans filed a flurry of late-hour lawsuits Aug. 6 to block referendums on constitutional amendments and to let a Supreme Court candidate disclose his party affiliation on ballots. ...

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KINGS MOUNTAIN (AP) A North Carolina Democratic voter decided the grass was greener supporting the Republican candidate in her district — who happens to be powerful state House Speaker Tim Moore — when he surprised her with mowing her lawn. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The first meeting of a North Carolina panel tasked with summarizing the six proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots devolved July 31 into blistering Democratic critiques of the referenda questions when the Republican member didn’t attend. The Constitutional Amendments Publication ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A new official political party in North Carolina says a law blocking some of its nominated candidates from standing for election this fall is unconstitutional. The Constitution Party of North Carolina and three individuals picked to run under ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The legislative staff attorney for North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger is becoming the top administrator for Berger’s office. Berger announced July 30 that Andrew Tripp will be his next chief of staff, succeeding longtime aide Jim Blaine when ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The repeatedly altered composition of North Carolina’s elections board returned to court July 26 as a proxy for the lengthy power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature. A panel of three trial judges listened for ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The extended power struggle between North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature is back in court. Cooper’s lawyers are asking a three-judge panel July 26 to throw out laws that restructure the state elections board. Cooper ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House says she plans to quit the race after being criticized for a 2006 blog post that made incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the N.C. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina legislature returned briefly to business July 24 so Republicans could wrest the seemingly ordinary work of adding titles to proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots out of the hands of a state panel controlled by Democrats. ...

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