Raleigh (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly has decided new restrictions should be placed upon North Carolina’s governor when the governor names someone to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat vacated by death or resignation. The House gave final legislative ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A proposal in North Carolina’s legislature would let law officers access a statewide database recording who is prescribing controlled drugs from morphine to codeine. The move is part of the General Assembly’s efforts to grapple with the opioid ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have advanced legislation creating a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits. Identical bills receiving Senate approval and tentative House approval June 7 stem from a February audit that counted ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A bill establishing a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits so victims can follow them through the process got approval June 5 from one North Carolina legislative committee. But some legislators and the attorney general are asking: ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Some North Carolina legislators think it’s wrong that a primary election could switch and run in November as the nominee of a new political party. The House approved omnibus election legislation June 4 that would in part extend the ...

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Representatives of LegalZoom.com, a popular self-help legal website, and the North Carolina State Bar cannot seem to agree on the ramifications of a pending bill that would tweak the statutory definition of what it means to practice law in this state, despite the fact that both camps had a hand in crafting the legislation.

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Legislators on Monday supported both old and new ways for North Carolina appellate court judges to earn eight-year terms on the bench.

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A bill designed to better protect group-home residents from abuse and report violence against clients has won unanimous approval in the state Senate.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State legislators are pushing to make it much harder to release police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use to hold law enforcement accountable. Lawmakers in at least 15 ...

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Recent violent confrontations involving police and citizens in other states have raised interest in a bill that would address potential racial or ethnic profiling by law enforcement in North Carolina.

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