While the rest of the country has moved on from the 2024 election, one race in North Carolina is still stuck in limbo. The election for a state Supreme Court seat between Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs and Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin is ...

On Friday, lawyers for Judge Jefferson Griffin asked his colleagues on the North Carolina Court of Appeals to retroactively change the rules for the 2024 state Supreme Court election and throw out tens of thousands of ballots.

Plus, a bill cracking down on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in state government and schools clears its last committee before a floor vote.

It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. This week we’re looking at a claim made by Sydney Batch, minority leader of the North Carolina Senate.

North Carolina appeals court judges have listened to arguments about whether votes on tens of thousands of ballots in an unsettled state Supreme Court election from November should remain in the tally or be discarded.

"In North Carolina, and in its history, we always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it," said state Sen. Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat.

While the rest of the country has moved on from the 2024 election, one race in North Carolina is still stuck in limbo. The election for a state Supreme Court seat between Democratic incumbent ...