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Appeals Court allows former student access to NCSU’s closed Poe Hall

The state Appeals Court will allow a former North Carolina State University grad student and employee to inspect and conduct testing in closed Poe Hall. An Appeals Court order issued Wednesday sided with the former student in all but two points of dispute with NCSU.

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Private school groups back Charlotte Latin at state Supreme Court

State and regional groups promoting private schools support Charlotte Latin in its dispute with two parents at the North Carolina Supreme Court. A court document filed Friday accused parents Doug and Nicole Turpin of  trying to “undermine the bedrock fundamental right of freedom of contract.”

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‘Illegal alien’ suspension controversy drives NC legislators to take policy action

Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly are expected to consider a new statute that would expand students' rights to appeal school suspensions, following outrage over a public school suspending a student for saying the word ‘illegal alien.'

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Locke, NC Chamber, Farm Bureau urge top NC court to revisit administrative deference

The John Locke Foundation, NC Chamber, and NC Farm Bureau all hope the North Carolina Supreme Court will choose to reform the way state courts address the legal issue of “administrative deference.” The groups filed separate friend-of-the-court briefs Wednesday in a case challenging the dismissal of Winston-Salem State University professor Alvin Mitchell.

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NCSU’s sovereign immunity arguments challenged in Poe Hall dispute

A former North Carolina State University grad student and employee is challenging the university’s sovereign immunity arguments in a legal dispute involving the Poe Hall shutdown. The state Appeals Court issued a May 16 order granting the university a temporary stay in its dispute with Darren Masier.

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