Aug 28 Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina science building By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Students and faculty at the flagship campus barricaded themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms for hours until a lockdown was lifted. The school had warned students to seek shelter indoors and avoid windows. Continue reading
Aug 16 North Carolina lawmakers override veto on bill limiting LGBTQ instruction in early grades By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press The measure requires public school teachers to generally alert parents before they call a student by a different name or pronoun. It also bans instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Pfizer CEO gives update on operations after tornado damages North Carolina plant By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. Continue reading
Jul 05 North Carolina governor vetoes 3 LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would restrict gender-affirming health care and sports participation for transgender minors and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. Continue reading
Jul 01 Federal judge allows most of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion ban to take effect By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties. Continue reading
Jun 28 Judge considers narrow ruling for North Carolina abortion law, won’t halt 12-week ban By Gary Robertson, Associated Press A federal judge says she won't block temporarily a large swath of North Carolina's abortion law taking effect this weekend that includes a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling, declines ‘independent state legislature’ theory By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law. Continue reading
Jun 22 North Carolina bill restricting transgender youth sports heads to Gov. Cooper’s desk By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Initial votes in the House and Senate indicate any veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, would likely be overridden in the final weeks of the session. Continue reading
Jun 20 North Carolina state House speaker sued for damages over alleged affair with local official’s wife By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina's state House speaker is being sued for damages by a local elected official who alleges the powerful Republican ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife. Continue reading
Jun 20 North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in last days of session By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press The legislative push comes in the waning weeks of the North Carolina session and as many Republican-led state legislatures round out a record year of legislation targeting transgender residents. Continue reading