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A federal appeals court sided again with North Carolina's attorney general on Wednesday, saying a 1931 libel law is most likely unconstitutional. Josh Stein has sought to block a fellow Democrat from using the law to prosecute him over a 2020 campaign commercial.
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The legislation aims to put a constitutional amendment on statewide ballots that could change how the board that sets the state’s public education policy is chosen and who leads it.
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North Carolina's Supreme Court is deciding whether people convicted of felonies should be permitted to vote if they aren't serving prison time but are on probation or parole or have to yet pay fines.
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said the North Carolina legislature's past actions regarding the LGBTQ community demonstrate how much harm a bill like this could cause.
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South Carolina's attorney general on Monday asked the state's high court to reconsider its ruling striking down the state’s six-week abortion ban.
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An advocacy group that sued over redistricting lines in North Carolina told state Supreme Court justices Monday that previous rulings that blocked legislative and congressional district maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders should be left intact.
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Brandi Sturdivant's 4-year-old son and 1-year-old twin boys were left alone at the Greensboro home before it caught fire on Dec. 12., a warrant stated.
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The Great Falls Police Department serves a town of about 2,000 people that's located about 55 miles south of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are again asking the state’s highest court to reconsider decisions on redistricting and voter identification.
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Annie Brown Kennedy of Winston-Salem was 98. She was also among the first African American female attorneys in North Carolina and first women to practice law in Forsyth County, her son said.