RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper didn’t need the consent of other statewide elected leaders to issue COVID-19 orders shuttering businesses, limiting assemblies and mandating face coverings, state attorneys wrote on Wednesday. Responding to a legal ...

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Politics is the only job in the world where, if you get passed over for a job you wanted, it’s considered socially acceptable to log onto Twitter and blast the person who made the hiring decision. (That’s definitely not how ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A panel of judges was asked Aug. 15 to decide whether North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is trying to fool voters by calling for constitutional changes without explaining the effect would be to strip more power from Democratic Gov. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Legal motions by North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and interest groups to keep constitutional amendments proposed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly off November ballots are back in court. A three-judge panel scheduled arguments Aug. 15 on requests by ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s State Board of Elections & Ethics Reinforcement says the attorney general can defend it against a lawsuit brought by the governor in any way he sees fit, even if it means backing the governor. The News ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A state judge declined Aug. 7 to give immediate relief to Gov. Roy Cooper and interest groups who want proposed constitutional amendments off fall ballots because they argue referendum language written by Republican lawmakers is false and misleading. ...

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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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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper contends ballot language approved by Republican lawmakers describing two proposed constitutional amendments are so false and misleading the courts must prevent voting on them. Cooper’s office announced Aug. 4 he would sue in ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The Republican-controlled General Assembly is planning rare weekend floor sessions to handle two vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. House Speaker Tim Moore said July 30 he expected the House and Senate to return for veto-override debates and votes ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on July 27 vetoed legislation approved by Republicans during this week’s special session that alters North Carolina ballot language for constitutional referenda and a state Supreme Court race this fall. Cooper’s vetoes of the two ...

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