AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/44c6c833a9d44cc33a0f12f23af538c9Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/44c6c833a9d44cc33a0f12f23af538c9Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The threat of hand-to-hand contamination from the while voting entered arguments in a lawsuit seeking to stop the use of touch-screen ballot-marking machines in North Carolina. Lawyers for four North Carolina voters and the state NAACP largely cited constitutional concerns in announced Wednesday in asking that the equipment from the nation’s largest voting machine manufacturer be barred from future...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/44c6c833a9d44cc33a0f12f23af538c9Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/44c6c833a9d44cc33a0f12f23af538c9Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The threat of hand-to-hand contamination from the while voting entered arguments in a lawsuit seeking to stop the use of touch-screen ballot-marking machines in North Carolina. Lawyers for four North Carolina voters and the state NAACP largely cited constitutional concerns in announced Wednesday in asking that the equipment from the nation’s largest voting machine manufacturer be barred from future...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-financial-markets-phil-berger-raleigh-virus-outbreak-584a383470111ff6803fdabe08a90b7aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-financial-markets-phil-berger-raleigh-virus-outbreak-584a383470111ff6803fdabe08a90b7aClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday that he’s preparing to accept for the state extended unemployment benefits that President Donald Trump directed in an executive order, part of the continuing response to the COVID-19 economic downturn.Cooper, a Democrat, top...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-financial-markets-phil-berger-raleigh-virus-outbreak-584a383470111ff6803fdabe08a90b7aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-financial-markets-phil-berger-raleigh-virus-outbreak-584a383470111ff6803fdabe08a90b7aClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday that he’s preparing to accept for the state extended unemployment benefits that President Donald Trump directed in an executive order, part of the continuing response to the COVID-19 economic downturn.Cooper, a Democrat, top...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ab234e6e32f3d86bf8b9068bf6542134Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ab234e6e32f3d86bf8b9068bf6542134Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are trying to reinstate the implementation of a voter photo identification requirement.Attorneys for the GOP legislators have filed a motion asking trial court judges to lift an order that blocked enforcement of a 2018 law that laid out the rules for voter photo ID while a state lawsuit filed by voters goes to trial. That law came swiftly after voters added an...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ab234e6e32f3d86bf8b9068bf6542134Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ab234e6e32f3d86bf8b9068bf6542134Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are trying to reinstate the implementation of a voter photo identification requirement.Attorneys for the GOP legislators have filed a motion asking trial court judges to lift an order that blocked enforcement of a 2018 law that laid out the rules for voter photo ID while a state lawsuit filed by voters goes to trial. That law came swiftly after voters added an...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/bills-legislation-immigration-north-carolina-2180d12764952f6c1cd733ecd100114dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/bills-legislation-immigration-north-carolina-2180d12764952f6c1cd733ecd100114dClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislation ordering North Carolina’s sheriffs to note the immigration status of jail inmates and assist federal agents who want to detain them received state Senate approval on Thursday.The passed along partisan lines after a divisive debate that touched on race and ethnicity. The bill generally echoes a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/bills-legislation-immigration-north-carolina-2180d12764952f6c1cd733ecd100114dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/bills-legislation-immigration-north-carolina-2180d12764952f6c1cd733ecd100114dClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislation ordering North Carolina’s sheriffs to note the immigration status of jail inmates and assist federal agents who want to detain them received state Senate approval on Thursday.The passed along partisan lines after a divisive debate that touched on race and ethnicity. The bill generally echoes a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-redistricting-north-carolina-elections-5a2eca02c5085d5615ffd8be485cc663Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-redistricting-north-carolina-elections-5a2eca02c5085d5615ffd8be485cc663Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democrats were hoping this November they would break the backs of Republicans, who after dominating state politics for much of the past decade saw their power erode in the 2016 and 2018 elections.Instead, state Democrats had little to tout after Election Day...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-redistricting-north-carolina-elections-5a2eca02c5085d5615ffd8be485cc663Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-redistricting-north-carolina-elections-5a2eca02c5085d5615ffd8be485cc663Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democrats were hoping this November they would break the backs of Republicans, who after dominating state politics for much of the past decade saw their power erode in the 2016 and 2018 elections.Instead, state Democrats had little to tout after Election Day...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-sex-scandals-north-carolina-general-elections-a73f0f6fb024d9a105640a0a3839a54fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-sex-scandals-north-carolina-general-elections-a73f0f6fb024d9a105640a0a3839a54fClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying “the voters have spoken” and it was clear Tillis had won.With Cunningham’s concession, all eyes turned to Georgia, where two U.S. Senate in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-sex-scandals-north-carolina-general-elections-a73f0f6fb024d9a105640a0a3839a54fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-sex-scandals-north-carolina-general-elections-a73f0f6fb024d9a105640a0a3839a54fClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying “the voters have spoken” and it was clear Tillis had won.With Cunningham’s concession, all eyes turned to Georgia, where two U.S. Senate in...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-state-elections-north-carolina-elections-bfbca97d6961b37e1c69ece8a14d58bdClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-state-elections-north-carolina-elections-bfbca97d6961b37e1c69ece8a14d58bdClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans pressed state election officials on Friday to make public more information about the number of outstanding ballots from this week’s election that could be counted. Nearly a dozen Election Day races in North Carolina, including those for...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-state-elections-north-carolina-elections-bfbca97d6961b37e1c69ece8a14d58bdClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-senate-elections-state-elections-north-carolina-elections-bfbca97d6961b37e1c69ece8a14d58bdClick to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans pressed state election officials on Friday to make public more information about the number of outstanding ballots from this week’s election that could be counted. Nearly a dozen Election Day races in North Carolina, including those for...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-campaign-finance-north-carolina-elections-campaigns-5897d9789f16a06822d0f70843a62469Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-campaign-finance-north-carolina-elections-campaigns-5897d9789f16a06822d0f70843a62469Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, 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 campaigns. The Legislative Ethics...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-campaign-finance-north-carolina-elections-campaigns-5897d9789f16a06822d0f70843a62469Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-campaign-finance-north-carolina-elections-campaigns-5897d9789f16a06822d0f70843a62469Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, 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 campaigns. The Legislative Ethics...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/raleigh-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-virus-outbreak-dea469d30c56cfada78244a8af6065b3Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/raleigh-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-virus-outbreak-dea469d30c56cfada78244a8af6065b3Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s intensely competitive and expensive U.S. Senate race has been upended by personal and health disruptions that sent sharp tremors and uncertainty through the campaigns and an electorate already casting ballots. Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham acknowledged and apologized for exchanging...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/raleigh-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-virus-outbreak-dea469d30c56cfada78244a8af6065b3Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/raleigh-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-virus-outbreak-dea469d30c56cfada78244a8af6065b3Click to copyRelated topicsRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s intensely competitive and expensive U.S. Senate race has been upended by personal and health disruptions that sent sharp tremors and uncertainty through the campaigns and an electorate already casting ballots. Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham acknowledged and apologized for exchanging...WW…

AdvertisementBy Associated PressMay 02, 2020 at 8:07 pmRALEIGH, N.C. — A state trooper’s decision to stop a driver who flashed an obscene hand gesture wasn’t justified, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning lower court decisions.The justices ruled unanimously that the evidence showed Trooper Paul Stevens lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over Shawn Patrick Ellis for disorderly conduct on a Stanly County road in January 2017.AdvertisementStevens and a local police officer had stopped to help a stranded motorist out of gas a few days after a snowstorm when Stevens...…AdvertisementBy Associated PressMay 02, 2020 at 8:07 pmRALEIGH, N.C. — A state trooper’s decision to stop a driver who flashed an obscene hand gesture wasn’t justified, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning lower court decisions.The justices ruled unanimously that the evidence showed Trooper Paul Stevens lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over Shawn Patrick Ellis for disorderly conduct on a Stanly County road in January 2017.AdvertisementStevens and a local police officer had stopped to help a stranded motorist out of gas a few days after a snowstorm when Stevens...WW…