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The North Carolina General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to new redistricting maps poised to empower the state GOP for years to come. Passage of the maps also marks a final achievement for Republican leaders in this year's annual session that saw their priorities on abortion, LGBTQ+ and gun rights, voting rights and education become law, and in turn eroded Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's powers. Lawmakers in the ninth-largest U.S. state enacted new boundary lines for state House and Senate

The North Carolina General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to new redistricting maps poised to empower the state GOP for years to come. Passage of the maps also marks a final achievement for Republican leaders in this year's annual session that saw their priorities on abortion, LGBTQ+ and gun rights, voting rights and education become law, and in turn eroded Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's powers. Lawmakers in the ninth-largest U.S. state enacted new boundary lines for state House and Senate districts and for the U.S. House delegation in a series of party-line votes.

New laws in North Carolina are changing the state's elections and are part of a national trend to give legislatures more power and limit government reach.

DURHAM, N.C. — After years of failed attempts, Republican state lawmakers outmaneuvered the governor’s vetoes, blocking bills that make sweeping changes to North Carolina’s voting rules and election laws. Over

Urban Democratic voters in Forsyth and Guilford counties face the likelihood of their voices being diluted again with Republican-drawn congressional redistricting maps that were unveiled last week.