RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators are lining up concessions necessary for the redrawn boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina to take effect in 2017 after more than 20 years of work. The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former colleagues of a late North Carolina General Assembly member recalled her for taking on tough issues and caring for people in need. The Senate and House approved a resolution Tuesday honoring Earline Parmon, who died ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House is back to full force at 120 members with the swearing-in of Mecklenburg County Republican Scott Stone to replace former Rep. Jacqueline Schaffer. Stone took the oath of office Monday evening in ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Resignations, pending retirements and runs for other public offices by North Carolina General Assembly members are taking a significant bite out of the legislature’s collective experience and effectiveness. The nonpartisan North Carolina Center for Public Policy ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One fixture at the North Carolina Legislative Building is retiring while another is staying a little longer. General Assembly Police Chief Jeff Weaver is no longer on the job after taking leave before his scheduled May 1 ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators have backed off a proposal to eliminate state licensing requirements for a dozen occupations and consolidate other occupational boards. Members of the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee meeting Tuesday shelved draft legislation ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state House member who suffered a stroke last month has died on the same day that he lost his primary election. Rep. Ralph Johnson of Greensboro, who was 62, died Tuesday evening at Moses ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There is enough support among North Carolina House members to call a special session that would consider blocking Charlotte’s new nondiscrimination ordinance with its rules on restroom use, the chamber’s leader said Thursday. Speaker Tim Moore, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s House speaker said Thursday that he’s asking Republican colleagues whether they want a special legislative session to address this week’s Charlotte City Council vote involving transgender people and public accommodations. The next regularly scheduled session ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Ralph Johnson, who is facing a primary race for his North Carolina House District 58 seat, has suffered a mild stroke. Johnson’s campaign released a statement saying that Johnson remained hospitalized Thursday afternoon. The statement ...

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