NC Newsline: “The Republican-dominated legislature passed three new laws that Gov. Roy Cooper does not want, with the Senate voting Thursday to tear holes in campaign finance rules, allow billboard owners to cut more trees along roadsides, and have more 16- and 17-year-olds to face trial in adult court.
The Senate voted along party lines to override the Democratic governor’s vetoes. The House took its override votes on Wednesday.
The campaign finance law changes rules to allow wealthy donors to anonymously funnel money into candidate campaign accounts. That same law includes new rules on wearing masks in public. “