During Thursday’s general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death Penalty. Senators Natalie S. Murdock ...

Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...

Legal experts say there are potential criminal and civil ramifications in the aftermath of a disturbing case where more than ...

Jeanette Wallace Hyde, a longtime activist and fundraiser in North Carolina and national Democratic politics died Monday at ...

Republicans have been trying to regain control of the state elections apparatus for years. With state Auditor Dave Boliek, they have a shot.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says more recent laws enacted by state Republicans that erode some gubernatorial appointment powers are "partisan power grabs that thwart North Carolina voters' ...

Stein and predecessor Gov. Roy Cooper already filed lawsuits against other power-shifting provisions approved in December.

Both Democrats and Republicans in the North Carolina state House support raising the benefits paid out to unemployed workers ...

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein sued top Republican leaders on Friday over a bill restricting his appointments ...

Beginning in late March, former North Carolina Governor Roy A. Cooper III will spend eight weeks as a Menschel Senior ...