North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat, has sued Republican President Donald Trump several times in Trump's first month in office. So far, Jackson and other state Democratic attorneys general have defeated the Trump administration in the early stages of all those legal battles — winning court rulings that have blocked Trump's

North Carolina Republicans are pushing a bill to prevent Attorney General Jeff Jackson from suing over Trump's executive orders.

The bill would bar the N.C. attorney general from challenging presidential executive orders in state or federal court.

The bill was going to be taken up by a House committee this week, but that meeting has been rescheduled due to the weather.

A spokesman for Jeff Jackson said “any legislation that undermines the independence of the Attorney General’s Office is bad for our state and its people.”

Three high-profile bills passed their final committee hurdle in the state Senate Thursday, setting them up for votes next week. Cell phones in schools: Senate Bill 55 would require school districts all over the state to implement policies banning the use of mobile devices during class time.

Organized retail crime occurs when groups of people work together to steal large amounts of merchandise from stores and then re-sell those products for cash.

It’s alleged landlords used a RealPage algorithm to set rents for approximately a third of one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments in the Raleigh, Durham/Chapel Hill and Charlott

Republican lawmakers — who hold a majority in the legislature — are focused on progressing shared policy goals with the Trump administration, including silencing a Democratic attorney general who has already sued over executive orders.

The push for cannabis legalization is continuing to gain traction from a recent finding of racial disparities between cannabis-based arrests. In a formal complaint to the DOJ, Barbara Gaskins, a local politician who ran for Greenville mayor and U.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat, has sued Republican President Donald Trump several times in Trump's first month in office. So far, Jackson and other state Democratic attorneys general have defeated the Trump administration in the early stages of all those legal battles — winning court rulings that have blocked Trump's

The lawsuits against the federal government, though, are pure political posturing. They serve no real function for the state beyond giving Jackson a platform to fight high-profile battles that raise his national profile. These cases are about headlines, donor relationships, and cementing his place as a rising star in Democratic politics.