“Improvements to the livestream are sorely needed to ensure the public can more clearly observe the map-drawing process.”
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Yanqi Xu
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State Supreme Court to Consider Possibility of Involuntary Recusal for Justices Berger and Barringer
Court asks parties for briefs in case challenging 2018 constitutional amendments.
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North Carolina Just Enacted Ambitious Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
Here’s what it does.
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Protections for Struggling Tenants End as Supreme Court Voids Eviction Moratorium
A North Carolina attorney representing tenants calls the ruling “cruel and horrific.”
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Superior Court Panel Restores Voting Rights of People With Felony Convictions Serving Time Outside of Prison
Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit petitioning judges to strike down a state law that only reinstates the right to vote for individuals upon completion of their community supervision outside prison.
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PW Special Report: Demystifying the Redistricting Process
As lawmakers move forward with drawing new maps, experts explain the tricks of the trade, how we can do better, and why gerrymandering is so hard to eradicate.
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Republican Lawmakers Reject Democrats’ Proposal to Include Racial Data in Redistricting
Several Democrats expressed concerns about the state’s ability to comply with the Voting Rights Act if racial data were excluded.
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What the 2020 Census Tells Us, At a Glance
Statewide, the population grew by 9.5 percent from 9.03 million to nearly 10.44 million from 2010 to 2020.
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N.C. Legislators Design Roadmap For Redistricting Process
With the necessary census data not scheduled to be released until August 12, the plan will leave legislators with limited time to ensure the drawing of fair maps with public input and participation.
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Former McCrory Aide, Locke Foundation Staffer to Help Lead New Partisan Oversight Staff at the Legislature
Joe Coletti, formerly a senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation, lauded the legislature’s decision to abolish its in-house watchdog agency and suggested moving oversight to a partisan-staffed committee. He will now lead that committee.