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NC elections board will not order full recount in Supreme Court contest

The State Board of Elections will not order a full hand recount of all ballots in the N.C. ...

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Supreme Court election protest ensnares voters of all stripes, including some elected officials

Republican candidate, Judge Jefferson Griffin, has challenged thousands of voter registrations — scroll down to see if you’re ...

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NC legislature approves bill that shifts government power away from Democrats: Lawmakers from western North Carolina leave Raleigh frustrated at lack of substantial Helene aid spending

By Galen Bacharier and Brandon Kingdollar NC Newsline Republican lawmakers in North Carolina approved wide-ranging legislation Wednesday that ...

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Republican NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin challenges more than 60,000 ballots

By Lynn Bonner  N.C. Newsline Trailing incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by 625 votes, Republican Appeals Court ...

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NC Republican lawmakers move to curb power of statewide offices won by Democrats

By Galen Bacharier NC Newsline Republicans in the North Carolina legislature moved swiftly Tuesday to reduce the authority ...

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Riggs inches ahead of Griffin in the race for NC Supreme Court, with more votes to count

By Lynn Bonner NC Newsline Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, was leading Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson ...

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Western NC landscaper hit with injunction for allegedly charging $25K to remove trees after Helene

By Brandon Kingdollar NC Newsline A western North Carolina landscaper was hit with a preliminary injunction for allegedly ...

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NC Gov.-elect Josh Stein launches transition team: Here’s who’s on it

By Galen Bacharier  NC Newsline Governor-elect Josh Stein’s transition team will include longtime advisors to him and Gov. ...

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Commissioner Josh Dobson resigns from the N.C. Department of Labor

Commissioner of Labor Josh Dobson submitted his resignation to the governor effective Wednesday at 5 p.m. In a ...

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Democrats may have weakened GOP control in North Carolina’s state legislature: Preliminary results indicate House supermajority is broken by one seat. Some races could see recounts

By: Rob Schofield, Galen Bacharier and Lynn Bonner  NC Newsline Republicans will remain in power in both houses of the North Carolina ...

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Stein defeats Robinson in North Carolina governor’s race: Attorney General wins high-profile contest defined by GOP nominee’s controversies, keeping the office in Democratic hands

By Galen Bacharier NC Newsline Josh Stein will be North Carolina’s next governor. The attorney general defeated Republican ...

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Morrow remains combative in conceding NC superintendent’s race to Green:

By Christine Zhu NC Newsline Republican Michele Morrow declared she would keep fighting for change in public schools ...

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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is elected as the state’s governor

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein was elected governor on ...

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Nine facts about the NC vote counting, reporting process

Submitted from N.C. Board of Elections As Election Day nears for the 2024 general election, the State Board ...

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$368M awarded in needs-based school construction grants

Seven school districts will share more than $360 million in new state lottery-funded grant awards for school construction, ...

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Fact check: Debunking misinformation surrounding Helene

By Christine Zhu NC Newsline With a massive natural disaster devastating portions of North Carolina in recent days, ...

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Election officials plan for voting post-Helene

As rescue and recovery efforts continue after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina election officials are working to ensure voters ...

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Thousands of pounds of food, fresh water arrive in western NC as massive clean-up begins

By Clayton Henkel NC Newsline Governor Roy Cooper and top members of his administration got a firsthand look ...

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NC price gouging phone line is open

RALEIGH — Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Division ...

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Trump sidesteps question about Robinson endorsement

Clayton Henkel  NC Newsline Embattled Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has not been invited to appear with Donald Trump ...

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Mark Robinson attempts to quash GOP dissent as neighboring states’ governors abandon his campaign: Governors in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia have all distanced themselves from their fellow Republican

By Galen Bacharier NC Newsline Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is attempting to rally Republican support in the final ...

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Biden approves NC emergency declaration

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of North Carolina to ...

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New Elon poll: Stein retains big lead over Robinson, Harris leads Trump by 1 percent

By Christine Zhu NC Newsline Attorney General Josh Stein is up 14 percent over Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson ...

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NC Senate passes budget deal funding school vouchers, requiring ICE cooperation

By Galen Bacharier and Ahmed Jallow NC Newsline Republicans in the North Carolina Senate voted to fully fund ...

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NC Supreme Court orders RFK Jr.’s name removed, counties to reprint millions of ballots

By Lynn Bonner NC Newsline Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will not appear on North Carolina ballots, following ...

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NCBOE: As new ballots are printed, absentee voting on hold

County boards of elections in North Carolina are now working to design and print new ballots for the ...

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Local Government Commission to consider more than $335M financing requests: Chief among them former Knox Middle School reconstruction project

The Local Government Commission (LGC) will consider more than $335 million in financing applications at its monthly meeting ...

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New ECU poll offers a glimpse at how independent voters are leaning in swing-state NC

By Clayton Henkel NC Newsline A newly released poll by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research finds ...

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