RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A departing North Carolina Democratic legislator is now a state parole board member.
The state Senate received Sen. Angela Bryant’s resignation letter Monday, the same day Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced appointing Bryant to the state Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission.
Bryant said last month she wouldn’t seek re-election this fall, citing a redrawn Senate map making her district less favorable to win. Democratic activists in her Rocky Mount-area district will choose someone to complete her Senate term through December.
Bryant is an attorney and former North Carolina Industrial Commission deputy commissioner who served in the legislature since 2007. State law sets Bryant’s board salary at $116,595.
The commission’s four members set conditions under which felons completing their sentences are released or can be paroled under old sentencing rules.
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