Jane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.
North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to strip the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers, passing a sweeping bill before the GOP likely loses their veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature next year.
After the Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, it now heads to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk.
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