//NC House votes for guardrails on governor's emergency powers

NC House votes for guardrails on governor's emergency powers

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s governor would have to get formal support from other elected leaders to carry out long-term emergency orders in a measure approved Wednesday by the state House.

The 69-50 party-line result favored Republicans, who’ve chafed under Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s directives during the COVID-19