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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its October 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state's rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion. There was another $737 million in reserves earmarked for other purposes along with an unreserved credit balance in the General Fund of $1.2 billion.
WASHINGTON An aide to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley resigned Friday night after NBC News learned he had been accused of sexual harassment at a previous job, according to media reports. Garrett Ventry served as a communications adviser to Grassley, helping the Senate Judiciary Committee with the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who has himself been accused of sexual assault.
The administration said it has taken extensive steps to ensure all relevant federal agencies are prepared for Hurricane Florence, which hit North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday. The White House is currently monitoring multiple storms, including Florence, Olivia, Mangkut, and Isaac, and the President has mobilized the administration to support response efforts.
A federal court in North Carolina ruled again Monday that the state's congressional districts must be redrawn and suggested that November's scheduled general election may need to be postponed. The three-judge panel found that the election advocacy groups and Democrats who brought an initial lawsuit challenging North Carolina's congressional map had standing to do so under the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
North Carolina lawmakers once expecting to be done legislating for months when they adjourned their session in June are back at work less than four weeks later. The General Assembly is starting a special session Tuesday for the purpose of approving ballot titles for six proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots.
As Charlotte, North Carolina, celebrates being chosen Friday to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, an undercurrent of concern about the potential for violence runs through the Democratic-leaning city. The GOP's national committee selected North Carolina's largest city over Las Vegas as hundreds of party activists gathered in Austin, Texas, for the committee's summer meeting.
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has approved a woman's request for a specialty license plate to honor her wife after initially turning her down. The NCDMV initially rejected the request by Amy Bright of Greenville for a plate reading "LSBNSNLV," for "lesbians in love," saying it had the right to deny any license plate it deems "offensive to good taste and decency."
The U.S. Supreme Court voted last week to uphold most of North Carolina's newly drawn state legislative districts, marking the end of one of the state's gerrymandering lawsuits. The per curiam ruling ends a long-running battle over the 2011 state elections map-which was drawn by Republican lawmakers-and its court-ordered successor map.
North Carolina legislators will end their chief work session this year while likely finalizing a proposal for citizens to decide whether the state constitution should require photo identification to vote. The General Assembly scheduled one last work day Friday for a session that began six weeks ago.
Democrats hoped a Wisconsin case would be the vehicle the U.S. Supreme Court would use to strike down highly partisan gerrymandering of electoral maps. When those hopes fizzled Monday, attention turned to North Carolina.
The Latest on debate at the North Carolina General Assembly on efforts to alter the state's early in-person voting program : Alterations to North Carolina's early voting program by the Republican-controlled legislature are heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk. The Senate voted 23-11 on Friday for changes made public less than two days earlier in the House.
Area Republican lawmakers say they support North Carolina having a constitutional amendment requiring photo identification in order to vote - a measure House Republicans have introduced less than two years after a federal court struck down a prior voter ID requirement as racially discriminatory. On Thursday, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and GOP representatives introduced House Bill 1092, which would ask voters in November to vote on a constitutional amendment that "every person offering to vote in person shall present photo identification before voting in the manner prescribed by law."
The North Carolina Senate voted Thursday to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget bill. The issue now goes to the House of Representatives.
The defeat of North Carolina incumbent U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger in his Republican primary could give Democrats a wider opening to win the seat and control the House. Pittenger became the first congressional incumbent to lose this year when the Rev.
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Several election advocacy groups have sued to try again to block legislative districts in one North Carolina county from being used in this year's elections. Democracy North Carolina, the state NAACP and League of Women Voters are among plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a Wake County court.