Source: BLUERIDGE NOW, 3/9/17

Republican-sponsored legislation to strip or curtail Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's authority to fill certain judicial vacancies cleared the House on Thursday. The measures, which also include the elimination of three Court of Appeals judgeships, now head to the Senate. The vacancy changes represent the latest actions by the GOP-controlled General Assembly to scale back the governor's powers and shift them...

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