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Campaign Photos/¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ Composite ImageA majority of a three-judge appeals court panel has given thousands of voters whose ballots are being challenged 15 days to verify their eligibility -
Matt Ramey/for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, N.C, a city he’s called home for 15 years, he said unifying his fellow residents was his driving force. He’s been the mayor for a little more than a year, so we called him up to see how it's going.
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After weeks of deliberations at the state legislature, another round of Helene recovery funding has been signed into law. -
In Due South's latest edition of "Meet the Mayors," co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer about the logistical and political complexities of leading her city during a time of recovery and rebuilding. -
North Carolina already makes many kinds of discrimination in disaster relief illegal. Now, a lawmaker wants to make discriminating based on politics a felony. -
State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. -
A state Senate committee voted Tuesday to eliminate a permit requirement for people who want to carry a concealed gun. -
A Democratic lawmaker wants judicial elections in North Carolina determined by nonpartisan contests. -
A panel from North Carolina's intermediate-level appeals court will hear arguments next week about a still-unsettled November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The Court of Appeals set the March 21 hearing before three judges -
North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for a constitutional amendment. -
An appeals court judge who could hear Jefferson Griffin's protest over thousands of ballots in his bid for a seat on the state Supreme Court contributed to the GOP candidate's legal expense fund. -
A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration.
