Category Archives: State/Regional
North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor's powers
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor's veto that would diminish the powers afforded to h...
Dec 11, 2024
Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races las...
Dec 11, 2024
Another recount won't be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials won't order another recount in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to sugg...
Dec 10, 2024
After 1 year, Medicaid expansion in North Carolina nears its enrollment goal
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Enrollment in North Carolina's new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has nearly reached the state's goal of 600,000 in half of the time initially projected, Gov. Roy Coop...
Dec 04, 2024
Tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is heading to another recount
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The very close election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat heads next to a hand recount even as election officials announced a machine r...
Dec 03, 2024
North Carolina Republicans close in on enacting bill that weakens incoming Democratic governor
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina legislative Republicans moved closer Monday to enacting a measure that would erode the powers of the incoming governor and oth...
Dec 02, 2024
Trump promised federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Will he follow through?
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members...
Nov 28, 2024
CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit against it thrown out
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he m...
Nov 22, 2024
North Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulation
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina State Board of Elections' top administrator asked a powerful legislator on Thursday to retract a comment that he made sugg...
Nov 21, 2024
Bear cub returned to the wild after being harassed by locals in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A bear cub, one of two pulled from a tree as a person posed for a photo, has been returned to the wild, according to North Carolina wildlife officials. The bear was released las...
Nov 21, 2024