FILE - North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, center, is greeted as he arrives to deliver the State of the State address at the ...

The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: What to do when its orders are defied?

North Carolina trial judges threw out on Wednesday another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to appoint State Board of Elections members, declaring that a law shifting it to ...

Stein “is extending the olive branch,” said Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University. “And, at least thus far, it appears that the Republicans are taking it.” ...

One evening last month, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein pushed through a gauntlet of lawmakers who had gathered for his first ...

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a two-page order Friday after Justice Department prosecutors cited a need for a ...

North Carolina trial judges will soon rule if legislative Republicans' latest method to attempt to wrest control of the State Board of Elections from a Democratic governor is lawful ...

OnPoint Community Credit Union will open a new branch in downtown Portland before the end of the year.Jenna Cooper Its move comes as other financial institutions have pulled back Portland’s ...

A panel of judges seemed unconvinced that the governor is entitled to control over the state election board, but also ...

her first date picks are all in the Village — speakeasy Little Branch, Alice on W. 13th St. and St. Jardim on W. 10th St. “So you just got to get out there. Never stay home,” Cooper implored.

NC could change the rules after the election is over, and throw out enough ballots to change the outcome. There are several ...