Gary D. Robertson | Associated Press
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The North Carolina Senate voted on Tuesday to legalize marijuana use for medical purposes, giving strong bipartisan support for the second year in a row to an idea that its supporters say would give relief to those with debilitating or life-ending illnesses.
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An appeals court has scaled back a lower-court ruling that threw out portions of a North Carolina law designed in part to prevent undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or footage.
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The North Carolina General Assembly began a repeat effort Wednesday to require all sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents who are interested in picking up certain jail inmates.
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North Carolina Republican legislative leaders asked on Tuesday to participate in litigation to defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills because Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein has made clear he won't.
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Marijuana legalization in North Carolina for medical purposes is advancing again within the state Senate, less than a year after a very similar measure setting a structure for its sale and consumption passed the chamber by a wide margin.
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A longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the Senate in the mid-1980s has died. The family of Jim Broyhill confirmed he died early Saturday in Winston-Salem at the age of 95. Broyhill, a scion of the Broyhill Furniture business, was first elected to Congress in 1962.
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The decision by Stein, a Democrat, means Republican legislative leaders who want to keep the restrictions would have to seek to formally intervene in the federal lawsuit, which was filed by Amy Bryant, a physician who prescribes the drug mifepristone.
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The North Carolina General Assembly opened its two-year legislative session Wednesday with Republicans on the cusp of veto-proof control that will force Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to thread parliamentary needles to block abortion restrictions and other culture war issues he’s vowed to fight.
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The new year will place new hurdles in the path of North Carolina’s current and future governors before states of emergency can become long-term. A state law taking effect Sunday requires governors to gain formal support from other elected officials for their emergency declarations to last beyond 30 and 60 days.
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North Carolina's Supreme Court has ruled that state Senate boundaries drawn by Republican legislators must be redrawn by a panel of trial judges. That's the result of another 4-3 decision Friday over redistricting at the state's highest court.