In the waning days of its supermajority, the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature is attempting to push through legislation, disguised as

“It’s a massive power grab,” says Melissa Price Kromm, executive director of the pro-democracy group North Carolina for the People Action. “They didn’t like what happened in the election, and they want to overturn the will of the people. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work.”

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just vetoed a sweeping Republican-backed bill — a power grab disguised as a hurricane relief bill — that Republican state lawmakers have tried to

A bill to significantly restrict the North Carolina governor’s office could further reduce the power of the incoming Democrats, including Gov.-elect Josh Stein, before they even take office. The

North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to strip the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers.

The North Carolina Republican-controlled legislature is attempting to pass a sweeping bill — a power grab tucked inside a

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed Republican-backed legislation that weakens the powers of several Democrats slated to hold statewide offices next year

House Democrats and the public had little time to review a gutted bill that may usher in more power shifts favoring the Republican majority in the North Carolina General assembly.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill Tuesday that would strip power away from incoming Democratic officials in favor of Republican officials and the GOP-controlled Legislature. Cooper issued the veto after both houses of the Legislature approved it last week to condemnation from critics,