North Carolina Legislators Say They Have a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI March 29, 2017 North Carolina lawmakers said late Wednesday that they had struck a deal to repeal the state’s contentious bathroom law. The law, which restricted access to restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms, elicited an outcry...

North Carolina Legislators Say They Have a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI March 29, 2017 North Carolina lawmakers said late Wednesday that they had struck a deal to repeal the state’s contentious bathroom law. The law, which restricted access to restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms, elicited an outcry...

Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter

By MICHAEL WINES March 23, 2017 Of the 860,000 Nebraskans who cast ballots in last fall’s election, only two are suspected of casting fraudulent votes. But while the actual number of illegal voters may be minuscule, State Senator John Murante says,...

School Choice Fight in Iowa May Preview the One Facing Trump

By DANA GOLDSTEIN March 21, 2017 DES MOINES — When she was shopping for a school for her daughter Alma, Mary Kakayo found a lot to like in St. Theresa Catholic, including its Catholic social justice theme, student prayer and hour of religious...

In North Carolina, Governing With a Punch and a Handshake

By RICHARD FAUSSET March 19, 2017 RALEIGH, N.C. — Perhaps the outcome was to be expected here in deeply conflicted North Carolina. While voters chose the brash, bullying TV boss of “The Apprentice” for president, they simultaneously chose...

State G.O.P. Leaders Move Swiftly as Party Bickers in Congress

Republicans in Washington appear flummoxed by one-party rule, but rising party leaders in the states are quickly passing laws to further a conservative agenda.