Following the announcement, Perry told the Carolina Journal that he didn't run for office again because he would not be able to devote the time he thought was necessary to be effective due to other obligations he must focus on.
Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawyers are defending his decision to keep bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cooper’s legal team filed paperwork this week with North Carolina’s highest court.
As a federal judge ponders the future of North Carolina’s voter identification law, state legislative leaders have asked her to issue a stay of any ruling against voter ID. Legislative lawyers filed paperwork Monday explaining why they believe US District Judge Loretta Biggs should allow voter ID to remain in effect in North Carolina during an appeal of a possible ruling against the state law.
A federal judge has scheduled a February 2025 trial in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s state Senate election map. The trial will have no impact on Senate elections scheduled this fall. If plaintiffs win, state lawmakers could be forced to draw new state Senate districts for 2026 elections.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has scheduled a full work day in September for cases related to the SAFE Child Act. The 2019 state law allowed alleged victims of child sex abuse to file lawsuits in 2020 and 2021, years after those suits had been barred by the statute of limitations.
State lawmakers failed to produce a budget deal but shined more light on their priorities.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed the SHALOM Act into law Monday, a bill introduced by Republican House Speaker Tim Moore.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that he and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) are trying to entice hospitals with extra Medicaid funding in exchange for eliminating billions in medical debt and preventing it from occurring in the future.
Eleven different pieces of legislation passed during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2023-2024 session and sections of the bills are going into effect on July 1 as legislators conclude most business for the year.
A recent state Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit over Kinston’s property condemnation practices could have an impact on a separate case involving state health care regulation. The state Supreme Court issued an order Friday setting a 30-day deadline for new briefs in the case Singleton v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The case challenges North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law.
North Carolina Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Josh Stein stumped for himself during President Joe Biden’s campaign stop in Raleigh on Friday.
