• On CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Sen.-elect Thom Tillis, R-N.C., asked President Obama to approach Congress with a request for authorization of military force before committing more deeply in the battle against ISIS. He also said the president’s executive action on immigration will make relations between the White House and Congress difficult.
• The four new Democratic members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners will be sworn in today, and the new majority will be busy.
• The New York Times reports on Republicans’ successful candidate recruitment efforts among women and ethnic minorities seeking state-level offices.
• At Carolina Journal Online, Dan Way asks several experts in N.C. constitutional law about the prospects for a lawsuit filed by Gov. Pat McCrory and two of his predecessors against the General Assembly and a law creating two contentious regulatory commisions.
