Steve Harrison

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian Americans to key posts, including Kash Patel to lead the FBI and Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead a government-efficiency task force.

The Charlotte City Council Monday night voted to hire Anthony Fox of Parker Poe as Charlotte’s new interim City Attorney. Patrick Baker, the current attorney, is leaving at the end of the year after council members and Mayor Vi Lyles voted earlier this fall to end his employment.

North Carolina’s dispute — one could say crisis — over last month’s state Supreme Court election has escalated, setting up a showdown that could change the race’s outcome.

Farmers Market needs a break from rising rents

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, and the state Board of Elections have filed briefs asking a federal judge to stop Republican Jefferson Griffin's efforts to reject the 60,000 votes from November, in the latest legal twists nearly two months after the election.

A federal judge on Monday said the dispute over who won a seat on North Carolina’s State Supreme Court should be handled in state court—a boost for Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin, who trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast.

A federal judge Monday said a dispute over who won a seat on North Carolina’s State Supreme Court should be handled in state court. The order is a boost for Republican Jefferson Griffin, who trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs by 734 votes.

Federal Judge Richard Myers, a Trump appointee, said in his ruling that it made sense for the state to handle the dispute out of respect for state sovereignty.

The state's highest court on Tuesday stopped the NC Board of Elections from certifying an apparent victory by Democrat Allison Riggs over Republican Jefferson Griffin.