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The legal director of the ACLU of North Carolina Foundation is stepping down to move with her family to Wilimington.

Katy Parker has been the public voice of the organization’s legal challenges on a variety of fronts for the past six years.

The ACLU currently has  two lawsuits pending against the state stemming from laws the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed last year: one over the anti-abortion law requiring ultrasounds, and the other over the “Choose Life” license plate, which would help fund centers that counsel against abortions. The suits have temporarily halted both laws.

State Rep. Thomas Wright cited the Fifth Amendment today and said he will not testify in hearings into his campaign finances, Andy Curliss reports.

His lawyer, Christopher Brook, made the announcement to the State Board of Elections as the first day of hearings were underway. Brooks said Wright, a New Hanover County Democrat, was invoking his state and federal rights not to incriminate himself.

Brook’s announcement came after a former campaign official, Karen Davis, testified that checks bearing her signature and written to Wright did not appear to be signed by her.

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