[1] From 1819 until it burnt down in 1831, the court met in the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh. After the fire, the court briefly convened in the meeting house of the First...
News of five shooting deaths in a Raleigh neighborhood shocked officials across the city and nation, and they braced themselves for difficult days. Victims included an off-duty Raleigh police officer, and officers swarmed the sprawling Hedingham community in search of the shooter. Reactions to the violence poured in quickly: “This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh. ... All of us in Raleigh right now need to come together. We need to support those in our community who have suffered a terrible loss, a loss of a loved one. ... I wo ...
With Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, the reckless, anti-democratic arrogance of North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders finally hit a wall. The court essentially told the North Carolina lawmakers that they either don’t understand democracy or don’t support it. The case centered on the lawmakers’ claim that under a fringe legal argument — the independent state legislature theory — the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures exclusive control over the conduct of elections and courts and other par ...
North Carolina’s new political district maps are unconstitutional, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday. The maps, drawn by Republican lawmakers late last year, would have given GOP candidates a sizable advantage in elections throughout the next decade. Republican leaders argued in favor of the maps in court, saying redistricting is an inherently political process and that courts shouldn’t get involved by banning partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court, which has a Democratic majority, disagreed. ...
new court filing says By Carli Brosseau Updated October 25... Raleigh News & Observer North Carolina SBI investigates NC... Brosseau is a former investigative reporter at The News & Observer.
All across North Carolina, and especially in the bigger cities and suburbs, invisible lines weave their way through neighborhoods and highways and college campuses. Politicians decide the lines. And the lines decide who gets to vote for which politicians. In the process known as gerrymandering, the drawing of these lines give some voters more political power and others less. News & Observer reporters interviewed people in three communities on the losing end of that equation. “People don’t feel like they’re represented, to the point where ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Advocacy groups and voters sued on Friday to block the North Carolina... County court challenging the legislators’ refusal to consider racial data or evaluate the...
North Carolina evenly split its U.S. House delegation in Tuesday’s midterm election, with Democrats and Republicans each winning seven of the 14 seats up for grabs. But with Republicans flipping control of the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, it’s highly likely state lawmakers will be allowed to redraw the maps next year in a way that more aggressively favors Republican candidates for elections throughout the rest of the decade. “The Republican Party has made a significant investment in judicial elections the last two cycles, and it has pa ...
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan, who is retiring from the court when his term expires next year, is considering a 2024 bid for governor, he told NC Insider. In a phone interview Wednesday, Morgan said many inside North Carolina’s Democratic circles are calling on him to run in next year’s primary election. Attorney General Josh Stein is the only Democrat so far who has announced a gubernatorial campaign. “I’ve been asked, quite frankly, to look at the race for governor,” Morgan said. “And while I highly respect t ...