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A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina law making it a crime for felony offenders to vote before completing their punishments without knowing they were breaking the law is unconstitutional.
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The state’s most conservative lawmakers have for years formed the House Freedom Caucus, and now there’s a similar caucus for legislators on the left.
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Brown is criticizing the Republican National Committee's decision to support former RNC Chairman Michael Whatley's campaign.
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Senate leader Phil Berger is facing a “party disloyalty” charge from an N.C. Republican Party group that wants to see him banned from party leadership roles.
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The bipartisan, GOP-majority state elections board reversed a policy guideline on how to deal with registered voters whose records contain mismatched numbers.
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Some of North Carolina's 27 state historic sites will soon be open to visitors on Sundays, but the initiative wasn’t developed by the agency overseeing the attractions.
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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is taking a more collaborative approach with Republican opponents in his first eight months in office despite disagreeing with them on many issues.
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Republican state Sen. Bobby Hanig has announced his bid for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina. The coastal legislator aims to unseat two-term Democratic Rep. Don Davis.
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The federal government has appropriated about $5 billion to Helene relief. Stein says that pales in comparison to other large hurricanes, and Western NC needs more.
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North Carolina has released its plan for $408 million in grants to expand high-speed internet service to the remaining homes and businesses that don't have access.
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North Carolina has spent $675 million in recent years to expand broadband internet across the state. But the state now has more than double that amount in federal funding available to connect people who still don’t have access to high speeds, ramping up the effort to get full high-speed coverage across the state.
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The GOP-majority state elections board adopted guidelines that would treat otherwise eligible voters differently due to certain registration issues.