Stein was joined by Rep. Tricia Cotham and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles at the bill signing. County commissioners now must place the measure on the 2025 ballot.

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All of this places the 2025 legislative session in stark contrast to the dramatic session just two years ago, when Republicans gained a surprise supermajority after Rep. Tricia Cotham switched ...

Reps. Tricia Cotham, a Mecklenburg County Republican, Zack Hawkins, a Durham Democrat, and Ya Liu, a Democrat from Cary, are also listed as primary sponsors of the bill.

An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. troops against the Taliban was detained by ICE officers after he attended a mandatory immigration hearing in San Diego.