Election Day was Nov. 5, 2024, and more than two and a half months later, no one has been declared the winner of the race
One of the Southeast’s largest farms, based in Nash County and owned by the family of Republican state Sen. Lisa Stone Barnes, has been put into receivership after defaulting on more than $40 million in loans.
“We will not stop until we have put this election fully to bed,” Justice Allison Riggs said. “We will make sure that our government is led by people who will protect your right to vote.”
Republicans masked SB 382 as Helene relief funding, rushing the bill through a short session held in the final weeks of 2024. Roy Cooper vetoed the bill, calling it a “sham,” but the veto was overridden soon after.
Reflecting on eight years in office, Roy Cooper said he was proud to have fought for Medicaid expansion, public education, and the state’s growing clean energy economy.
With over 12,000 residents in the region lacking safe housing, Gov. Josh Stein’s initial executive order temporarily suspends procurement regulations to accelerate the availability of temporary housing.
Las políticas migratorias de Donald Trump, impulsadas por el DHS, ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza, han generado un clima de miedo en muchas comunidades de Carolina del Norte, especialmente en aquellas que dependen del trabajo de inmigrantes indocumentados.
The lone Republican dissenter, Justice Richard Dietz, argued that intervention by the judiciary close to an election “becomes inappropriate because it can damage the integrity of the election process.”
As a judge and someone who presumably understands and respects the law, now is the time for Jefferson Griffin to accept the results, concede the race and move on with his life.
“[T]his bill is a power grab, not hurricane relief,” said Gov.-elect Josh Stein. “It is despicable for the Republicans in the General Assembly to use folks’ incredible need for aid to cloak their political pettiness.”