5 NC counties and 1 VA county are under alert, including Cumberland, Johnston, Harnett, and Sampson counties.

In all three of these sewer blowback cases, the homes were below the grade of the road or downstream from the main sewer line itself.

How sewage floods at home turned into nightmares for Raleigh families

Sewage floods inside Raleigh homes

A year later, the full impact of the North Carolina abortion law is becoming clearer for both supporters and opponents.

A year later, impact from NC's 12-week abortion ban coming into focus

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Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Is Trump the law unto himself?

Most constitutional amendments come from Congress, but an article 5 convention would allow delegates, instead of Congress, to propose amendments instead.

FOR YOU THERE MENTAL FOR HEAT LAID OUT IN THE STATE OF THE STATE ON MONDAY. CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN'T SAY THAT SOME STATE LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO ADD NORTH CAROLINA TO THE LIST OF STATES THAT HAVE OFFICIALLY REQUESTED A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION >> 2 BILLS THAT TO DO JUST THAT PASSED THE STATE HOUSE TODAY. WRAL, CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE EXPLAINS THE REASONING ON BOTH SIDES. >> MOST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COME TO US FROM CONGRESS. BUT AN ARTICLE 5 CONVENTION WOULD ALLOW DELEGATES FROM THE STATES TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS INSTEAD, SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S THE ONLY WAY STATES CAN REALLY REIN IN CONGRESS, BUT OPPONENTS WARN IT COULD MEAN A SMALL GROUP OF POLITICIANS COULD ESSENTIALLY REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION. HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE FILED A BILL CALLING FOR AN ARTICLE 5 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ON TERM LIMITS FOR CONGRESS AND ISSUE THAT CONGRESS ITSELF HAS REFUSED TO CONSIDER. >> HE SAID THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION INCLUDED ARTICLE 5 FOR EXACTLY SUCH A PROBLEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO HAVE WAS A MECHANISM WHERE THE STATES COULD HOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO FAIR. JUST GOT OUT OF HAND OUT OF CONTROL. >> IF WE DON'T SEE THAT TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE SING. BUT THEY CAN REIN THAT IN ARTICLE 5. WAS THAT TOO? >> IF 34 STATES PASSED THE SAME RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CONVENTION, CONGRESS HAS TO CONVENE ONE. BUT BOB PHILLIPS WITH COMMON CAUSE WARNS THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GIVE STATES THE POWER TO LIMIT WHAT CHANGES THE CONVENTION MIGHT PROPOSE ONCE IT'S UNDER WAY IS THE ONLY TIME THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BACK IN 17, 87 WAS. >> WHERE THEY INITIALLY WENT IN WITH THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO DO SOME TWEAKS AND THEN THEY JUST REWROTE THE CONSTITUTION. PHILLIPS SAYS IT'S UNCLEAR WHO THE DELEGATES WOULD BE. WHO WOULD CHOOSE THEM OR WHAT RULES THAT WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW. >> THEY COULD EVEN REPEAL CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES AND PROTECTIONS. IT'S FRIGHTENING. AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IN OUR MINDS AND NECESSARY. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THE COUNTRY. BUT REPRESENTATIVE JOHN ARTIS OR SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT DEMOCRACY BECAUSE THREE-QUARTERS OF THE STATES, 38 OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO RATIFY WHATEVER CHANGES MIGHT COME OUT OF IT. THIS COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO >> TEAR APART THE CONSTITUTION OR DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO THE NFL TO CULTER CONSTITUTION BECAUSE WHATEVER WE COME UP, WOULD IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THIS COUNTRY. >> THE STATE HOUSE PASSED 2 BILLS TODAY CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. THEY BOTH NOW GO TO THE SENATE AND THOSE ARE RESOLUTIONS, NOT BILLS. SO THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO VETO THEM.

NC lawmakers propose changes to US Constitution 

NC House leaders propose changes to US Constitution

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An annual proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution has gained strength in the North Carolina House of Representatives, but major hurdles remain.

Key NC Republicans call for changes to U.S. Constitution

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and Speaker of the North Carolina House Tim Moore at a press conference calling for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.

North Carolina Republicans try again to boost a constitutional convention on congressional term limits. An effort fell short 2 years ago.

NC Speaker backs term limits for U.S. Congress

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A rare first printing of the United States Constitution sold for $43.2 million, a record amount for any document or book sold at auction.

First edition of the U.S. Constitution sells for over $43M

A popular Instagram post says atheists are prohibited from holding office in North Carolina and seven other states. PolitiFact finds there's some truth to that claim.

Fact check: Are atheists 'prohibited from holding office' in North Carolina and 7 other states?

Democrats to Visit Trump Again, Searching for a Path to End the Government Shutdown

Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 -- Continued efforts to allege fraud after judges have decided to the contrary are an affront to democracy.  The recent unprecedented effort by some House and Senate members to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election is a dangerous assault on the rule of law itself. 

MARTIN BRINKLEY: No one, in America, is above the law

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Broken resolutions

Asked whether he would consider adding justices to the Supreme Court if elected, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed Senate Republicans' move to install Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the vacant seat less than a month before Election Day was "not constitutional."

Fact check: Biden falsely says Barrett confirmation 'unconstitutional'

Biden Pushes to Flip Ohio With a Populist Pitch to Workers

Feb. 3, 2020 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Trump asserts his Constitutional prerogative 

As the U.S. Senate continues the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a meme is circulating claiming that if the Senate does not convict, Trump can run for president two more times.

Fact check: Facebook post says Trump can run for president 2 more times

PolitiFact: Pants on Fire

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 -- When the courts look to the motivation behind the latest version of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts, the lecture from state Sen. Jerry Tillman will be EXHIBIT A. The legislative majority's goal in creating the latest version of congressional districts was, to paraphrase another legislator's now famous words, if they couldn't draw districts to give the legislature's majority party a 10-3 advantage, they'd draw them to give the party an 8-5 majority.

Editorial: Tillman offers 'EXHIBIT A' of illegal gerrymandered congressional maps  

Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph

President Trump tells a reporter that he can defy the Constitution and end birthright citizenship.

Trump wants to end birthright citizenship

Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment will be a tall order in North Carolina. But advocates say the time is now to act.

NC could be the last needed vote for the Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Rights Amendment

Democrats hope they can revive the amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which fell three states short of passing four decades ago. 