2:55 P.M. UPDATE:
The U.S. Justice Department has sued North Carolina over its law restricting the use of public restrooms by transgender people.
The lawsuit was filed Monday just hours after Gov. Pat McCrory filed his own lawsuit over the law. McCrory wants the sweeping law, which limits protections for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people, kept in place.
McCrory says his lawsuit asks a federal court to clarify what the law actually says with billions in federal aid at stake.
The Justice Department lawsuit seeks a court order declaring that the law's provisions that apply to multiple-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities "discriminate on the basis of sex."
EARLIER:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is going to court in a fight for a state law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
McCrory is leading a lawsuit filed Monday seeking to keep in place the law that the U.S. Justice Department said last week violated the civil rights of transgender people.
The Justice Department set a Monday deadline for McCrory to report whether he would refuse to enforce the law that took effect in March.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.