Source: Emery P. Dalesio, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 3/5/17

North Carolina’s new Democratic governor and majority Republican legislature are charging at each other in a constitutional game of chicken over their powers, a confrontation that could shape the recent conservative direction of state policies and spending. The confrontation continues Tuesday, when the two branches of state government appear for a court hearing before the third. 

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