After two years of battling in the legislature and the courts over his appointments to the workers' compensation bench, Gov. Roy Cooper has nominated an insurance defense attorney who may face little opposition.
If ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly, Wanda Blanche Taylor's appointment would mean that five of the six commissioners at the Industrial Commission will be those chosen by Cooper, a Democrat.
Three years ago, that notion was in doubt, even though previous governors have had considerable latitude in deciding whom they wanted on the commission. Republican...
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