Gary D. Robertson | Associated Press
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Republicans have gone to court to attempt to block North Carolina board of elections actions that extend the absentee-ballot receipt deadline this fall due to a holiday.
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A North Carolina-based semiconductor company says it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers. Wolfspeed Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to create 1,800 new jobs by the end of 2030 at a location in Chatham County.
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NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago. The stock car body and owner of North Wilkesboro Speedway announced that the track will host the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race next May during NASCAR’s 75th anniversary season.
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The Duke-North Carolina college basketball rivalry was set aside briefly so Gov. Roy Cooper could award the state's highest honor to recently retired Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski.
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A federal appeals court has blocked a local North Carolina district attorney from prosecuting state Attorney General Josh Stein or anyone else for his 2020 campaign ad through a criminal libel law.
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North Carolina’s most powerful state senator says he’d prefer to have approved restrictions on abortion after roughly the first three months of pregnancy. Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters Tuesday that he'd also support exceptions to any post-first trimester prohibition, such as rape and incest.
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It's a victory for the state NAACP, which said it shows that “rigging elections by trampling on the rights of Black voters has consequences.”
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North Carolina’s Supreme Court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018. The court's 4-3 majority said lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias.
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North Carolina's intermediate-level appeals court has ruled in a case involving the challenges of prosecuting a marijuana charge when hemp is lawful and looks and smells the same as pot.
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The campaign committee of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein plans to ask a federal court to block the enforcement of a state law looming in a probe of a TV ad aired against Stein's election rival in 2020. The state law makes it illegal to knowingly circulate false reports to damage a candidate's election chances.