Mitch Kokai from the John Locke Foundation discusses the decision by appellate judges not to force the NC Supreme Court election dispute back to federal court. A statewide news update covers the Rate Bureau's request for a more than 20% increase in NC auto insurance rates and a Hurricane Helene aid bill in the General Assembly. Duke and UNC Health's plans for a $2 billion children's hospital in the Triangle. Left-of-center activist groups have filed a brief opposing Griffin’s ballot challenges.