RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Decade-long political quarrels over legislative and executive powers in the state advanced Wednesday as a state appeals court permitted the Republican-controlled General Assembly to chip away at the Democratic governor’s appointment authority for several key commissions. The judges also said lawmakers went too far in remaking other boards.

A state Court of Appeals panel upheld the composition of four of the seven boards approved by lawmakers in 2023 but later challenged by then-Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The four implement policies and legislation on the environment, fishing and hunting, and residential building codes in the ninth-largest state. But the judges struck down the composition of three that approve transportation policy, public health rules, and select e

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