RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A local government attorney has joined the North Carolina House. Allen Buansi of Orange County is now a state representative after being picked by Orange County Democratic activists. He’s filling the remainder of the term won ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly will bypass work this week during another reconvened session that had been previously announced to take up any unexpected business.  The House and Senate gaveled in their floor meetings at midday ...

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  In last November’s elections, North Carolina voters dashed both parties’ hopes of securing unified control of the state legislature. Voters handily re-elected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, but Republicans held onto their majorities in both chambers, and even gained four ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A campaign finance reform advocate lodged ethics complaints on Monday against two more Republican lawmakers, alleging they wrongly accepted state funds for expenses related to North Carolina legislative duties that also got paid for by their ...

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  The impasse between the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper hasn’t prevented lawmakers from passing several unrelated but significant pieces of legislation. Cooper recently signed into law two bills with important ramifications for the legal profession. One ...

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A North Carolina state lawmaker is pleading guilty to cyberstalking his estranged wife, a misdemeanor that will be dismissed if he completes 18 months of probation. Second-term Republican Rep. Cody Henson, who represents Transylvania, Polk and part of Henderson County, ...

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North Carolina legislators have finished the biannual spring cleaning known as Crossover, an artificial procedural deadline by which certain types of bills need to clear at least one legislative chamber in order to be considered for passage this session. Bills ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seven Mexican farm laborers are suing a North Carolina legislator, claiming they weren’t paid wages due from working on the lawmaker’s crops. The lawsuit filed last month on behalf of the foreign field hands seeks class-action ...

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Lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that tweak the definition of the practice of law, but it remains unclear whether the proposed changes spell the end of a closely watched lawsuit pitting LegalZoom.com against the North Carolina State Bar.

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North Carolina newspapers would be required to publish legal notices on both their websites and in their print editions for the same price in legislation that the House approved overwhelmingly.

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