Uncertainty on eve of North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ debate

FILE – In this June 24, 2016, file photo, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper speaks during a forum in Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina legislators will repeal the contentious HB2 law that limited protections for LGB… RALEIGH, N.C. – Legislators who passed the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” eight months ago head back to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider repealing it. But there’s uncertainty over exactly what lawmakers will do, in part because this Republican-controlled legislature has shown a willingness to go its own way, despite intense outside pressure to scrap the law.