RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina appeals court says a former state worker who alleged he was fired by former Gov. Pat McCrory to make room for a political appointee can no longer challenge the move. The state Court of Appeals ruled July 17 ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A panel of North Carolina trial court judges has rejected arguments by a government reform group and local residents that a special session of the General Assembly violated the state constitution. The case centers on a December 2016 ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Four North Carolina voters can pursue their libel lawsuit against allies of former Gov. Pat McCrory and a Virginia law firm that tried to help the Republican politician’s unsuccessful effort to disqualify votes and win re-election in 2016, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has banned some sex offenders from places children gather while a similar state law from 2009 remains under federal review. Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill Thursday that would prohibit sex offenders who have ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Justice Department wants a lawsuit by North Carolina’s governor dismissed to streamline the legal battle over the state’s law limiting protections for LGBT people. Federal lawyers asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss Gov. Pat McCrory’s ...

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Gov. Pat McCrory faced sharp criticism from state Attorney General Roy Cooper on taxes, education and McCrory’s support of HB2, during a wide-ranging debate hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association in Charlotte last week. Cooper, a Democrat who hopes ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation designed to resolve tax, education and property issues associated with redrawing the North Carolina-South Carolina border has been signed by Gov. Pat McCrory. McCrory’s signature Wednesday — combined with South Carolina’s similar legislation approved this ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic challenger Roy Cooper are preparing for their first debate this week, and they’re already throwing jabs about how many more they’ll have before November. McCrory’s campaign said Tuesday the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Pat McCrory’s chief lobbyist at the North Carolina General Assembly has been nominated by the governor to a panel that serves as a final arbiter on unemployment benefit claim appeals. McCrory’s choice of Fred Steen of ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s office says it’s appealing a judge’s decision refusing to dismiss a lawsuit by the news media that says the administration fails to comply with the state’s open records law. The Charlotte ...

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