Rep. Adams Say She'll Move To Charlotte For 12th District
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams of Greensboro says she's so committed to representing North Carolina's 12th District that she's moving to Charlotte if her hometown stays outside the district's boundaries.
Adams announced Thursday her re-election bid and move at a Charlotte news conference.
The legislature redrew congressional lines last month after a federal court deemed the 12th District a racial gerrymander. The 12th had been largely in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charlotte. Now it's exclusively in and around Charlotte.
US Appeals Court Rules NC Can Print 'Choose Life' Plates
A federal appeals court says North Carolina can issue specialty vehicle license plates that express anti-abortion sentiment while refusing to also produce tags expressing pro-abortion rights views.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that North Carolina can issue "Choose Life" license plates. The General Assembly in 2011 passed legislation allowing the anti-abortion expression while rejecting requests to also issue vehicle tags saying "Respect Choice" or similar abortion-rights sentiments.
A three-judge panel decided 2-1 that the license plates amount to government speech, and that North Carolina officials are free to reject messages with which the state disagrees.
Hillary Clinton Courts Black Voters In Durham
Democratic presidential primary candidate Hillary Clinton held a rally in Durham Thursday, focusing on issues important to black voters.
The News and Record of Greensboro reports Clinton appeared at the largely black Hillside High, which holds about 1,000 people.
Clinton told the crowd it's been hard to watch as Governor Pat McCrory and his fellow Republicans have eroded the state of public education in North Carolina. She also addressed raising the minimum wage and gun control measures.
Bernie Sanders Holding Rally in Raleigh
Bernie Sanders is returning to North Carolina to rally supporters in the final days before the state's Democratic presidential primary.
The Vermont senator scheduled a campaign event at midday Friday at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
Sanders last held a public event in North Carolina last October, when more than 9,000 people attended a Sunday night rally.
Man Charged With Hitting Person Being Taken From Trump Rally
A North Carolina sheriff's office says deputies were looking down at coliseum stairs when a man being escorted out of a Donald Trump rally was punched in the face.
John Franklin McGraw, of Linden, was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after the altercation at the rally Wednesday in Fayetteville.
A Cumberland County Sheriff's Office news release says the assault victim was being escorted out of Crown Coliseum after disrupting the rally, and deputies had their eyes on the stairs when the assault happened.
The suspect was arrested Thursday after investigators reviewed a video posted on social media.
NC Supreme Court Candidacy Period Opens Wednesday
North Carolina residents who want to run for Congress already know they can file as candidates next week. Now the same goes for the state Supreme Court following a court ruling.
The State Board of Elections agreed Thursday to hold the filing period for the seat held by Justice Bob Edmunds from next Wednesday to March 25. That's identical with congressional candidates running under new district lines.
A three-judge panel ruled recently a law allowing Edmunds to run alone in an up-or-down "retention election" is unconstitutional. Barring court action, a traditional election now will be held.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.