Emery P. Dalesio, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Mark Harris, Republican candidate in North Carolina's 9th Congressional race, prepares to testify during the fourth day of a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th Congressional District voting irregularities investigation Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, Pool)

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New election ordered in disputed North Carolina House race

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s elections board Thursday ordered a new election in the nation’s last undecided congressional race after the Republican candidate conceded his lead was tainted by evidence of ballot-tampering by political operatives…

FILE - This Thursday, May 12, 2016, file photo, shows a sign outside a restroom at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. The Associated Press has determined that North Carolina's law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than 3 billion in lost business over a dozen years.That's despite Republican assurances that the "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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N. Carolina repeals, in part, ‘bathroom bill’

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressMarch 30, 2017

FILE- In this May 4, 2016 file photo, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory make remarks concerning House Bill 2 while speaking during a government affairs conference in Raleigh, N.C. Shortly after he signed the law, Republican then-Gov. Pat McCrory issued a statement assuring residents it wouldn't affect North Carolina's status as "one of the top states to do business in the country." The Associated Press has determined that North Carolina's HB2 law will cost the state more than 3 billion in lost business over a dozen years. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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AP exclusive: ‘Bathroom bill’ to cost N.C. $3.76B

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressMarch 27, 2017

State Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, D-Wake, speaks on the senate floor during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly called to consider repeal of NC HB2 in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. North Carolina's legislature reconvened to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

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Repeal of LGBT bathroom law in N.C. collapses

by Gary D. Robertson Associated Press, and Emery P. Dalesio Associated PressDecember 21, 2016

Duke student Sydney Roberts shouts during a protest against House Bill 2 Thursday, outside of the Governor's Mansion on North Blount Street in downtown Raleigh, N.C.

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Tech giants join rebuke of law blocking LGBT rights

by Emery P. Dalesio Associated Press, and Gary D. Robertson Associated PressMarch 25, 2016