"The N.C. General Assembly will have full power over redistricting, which needs to be completed before the 2024 elections."
Read More »Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced today at Ace Speedway in Alamance County that he is running for North Carolina governor. Robinson has been hinting at a run for months and is widely viewed as the favorite to win the Republican nomination — setting up a potential showdown with Democratic frontrunner Attorney General Josh Stein.
Read More »N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) held a press conference this morning at the N.C. GOP Headquarters in Raleigh with state Republican leaders to announce her official defection from the Democratic Party. Cotham's switch gives Republicans a supermajority in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly, allowing them to push through policy more easily and override any of Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's vetoes.
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Cotham's switch would give Republicans a narrow three-fifths supermajority in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly, which could give them power to overturn any of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. With Cotham, Republicans would hold 72 seats in the N.C. House and 30 in the N.C. Senate, exactly 60 percent of the seats in each chamber.
Read More »On Wednesday morning, the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly overturned Governor Roy Cooper's veto for the first time since 2018 on a bill to remove the permit requirement for pistols.
Read More »"A solo road trip isn’t just about the road or the trip, it’s about the solo. It’s about getting quality alone time to think and to scream-sing and to take detours down small backroads. It’s about small self-discoveries. It’s about allowing yourself to really be you."
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Gov. Roy Cooper addressed the N.C. General Assembly and other state leaders tonight in his fourth State of the State address. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson provided the GOP’s response immediately afterward in a pre-recorded speech.
Read More »On Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court decided in a 5-2 order along party lines that it would stop the transfer of money by a lower court toward public education in the state. The new Republican majority on the state Supreme Court agreed with the State Controller's argument that the office's potential criminal liability for moving the money was not adequately addressed in the court's November opinion.
Read More »Jamison "Jamie" Sykes, the chief deputy for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, will retire in May, the office announced this morning.
Read More »The new 5-2 Republican majority on the N.C. Supreme Court took a rare step toward rehearing two recently decided cases on partisan gerrymandering and voting rights on Feb. 3, suggesting it is open to overturning them altogether.
Read More »City & State Assistant Editor Ethan E. Horton at Cape Elizabeth, Maine during a solo spring break trip. Photo Courtesy of Ethan E. Horton.
In this episode, City & State Assistant Editors Samuel Long and Ethan Horton talk to reporters Maggie McIntyre and Lucy Marques about accessibility barriers to voting as well as campaign spending. Election Day is less than a week away and early voting ends on Nov. 5. Go vote! This episode was produced by Audio Editor Will Christensen.
