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North Carolina Legislators Back To Work After Easter Break
The North Carolina General Assembly is diving back into work following an Easter break and ahead of a key self-imposed deadline designed to separate what lawmakers consider the best policy measures from the duds.
The House and Senate return Wednesday from a week off and scheduled 20 committee meetings to consider and vote on dozens of bills.
Individual members want their favorite bills heard and approved by their chamber before April 27. Legislation unrelated to taxes, fees or spending that fail to pass the House or Senate by that date are largely off the table for the rest of the two-year session.
Voting Rights Group Wants Republican Voting Protests Probed
A voting rights group wants government officials to investigate whether people linked to then-Gov. Pat McCrory's campaign and the Republican Party broke any laws when voting protests were filed soon after Election Day last November.
Democracy North Carolina released Tuesday its examination of dozens of post-election protests alleging voter fraud or absentee irregularities involving hundreds of ballots. They occurred during the extremely close election between McCrory and eventual winner Democrat Roy Cooper.
Most of the protests were thrown out or set aside. Democracy North Carolina leader Bob Hall says the protests were designed to intimidate voters or place the election result in doubt, and wants the state GOP and McCrory's campaign investigated.
Appeals Court Won't Revive Lawsuit Over UNC Sham Classes
A state appeals court won't revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Charlotte-area judge properly dismissed their case last year.
James Arnold and Leah Metcalf are ex-members of the UNC football and women's basketball teams who argued the courses have hurt their career prospects. Appeals court judges wrote they hadn't sufficiently shown that.
Their lawsuit stemmed from an academic scandal over classes in UNC's African and Afro-American Studies department. Metcalf and Arnold say they were steered to courses that lacked class meetings and supervision.
Tech CEO: LGBT Law's Repeal Not Decisive In Decision To Move
A tech company CEO says North Carolina's partial repeal of a law limiting protections for LGBT residents was important but not decisive in his decision to move from California's Silicon Valley.
Trilliant Networks CEO Andrew White announced Tuesday its headquarters will move from Redwood City, California, to the Raleigh suburb of Cary.
White said the decision two weeks ago to take House Bill 2 off the books was important for making the company's employees comfortable enough to embrace a North Carolina move. But he says Cary also was selected due to an attractive cost of living, great universities and short commuting distances.
North Carolina Honors Student Facing Deportation Can Stay
A North Carolina college student bracing for a deportation hearing has learned she can stay in the U.S. after all.
Sthefany Flores Fuentes was scheduled to appear Wednesday in Charlotte for an immigration meeting that could have led to her being deported to Honduras.
Flores Fuentes, a junior honors student at Gardner-Webb University, received a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 1 saying arrangements had been made to send her back to a country she hasn't been to since she was 7 years old.
On Monday, Flores Fuentes was told ICE was canceling the meeting. She said officials told her signals had gotten crossed between ICE and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which handles renewals for the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, and that her DACA extension had been located.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.