State government’s new controller is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to jettison a proposed forced transfer of $785 million out of the state treasury for court-ordered education purposes. Acting Controller Nels Roseland’s request arrived Monday as parties in the long-running Leandro lawsuit submitted their latest round of briefs in the case. Roseland took over the...
Self-proclaimed “recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community” are jumping into the Leandro school funding debate. They filed paperwork Wednesday in the N.C. Supreme Court to support plaintiffs seeking court-ordered education funding.
There’s no expiration date for the separation of powers in government. If a power belongs to the executive branch, the executive faces no obligation to use it or lose it. The same holds true for powers allotted to the legislative and judicial branches. When one branch chooses to use its legitimate powers in ways that...
Legislative leaders have fired the latest salvo in the legal battle over N.C. Supreme Court justices’ participation in the latest stage of the Leandro school-funding lawsuit. A court filing Thursday from legislative attorneys questions Leandro plaintiffs’ request that Justice Phil Berger Jr. recuse himself from the case. Plaintiffs requested recusal from Berger, a Republican, on...
The State Board of N.C. Community Colleges is turning for a second time to William S. “Bill” Carver as interim president of the statewide community college system. Carver takes over for Thomas Stith, whose resignation as president takes effect Friday. Carver previously served as interim president in 2020.
Legal counsel for the Project on Fair Representation sent a letter to Central Piedmont Community College, because a fully funded fellowship program there is purportedly only open to “Black / African American” candidates. The April 18 letter warns the college “that you are likely violating the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Title VI and Title VII of the...
Thomas Stith has tendered his resignation as president of the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges, marking the latest departure in a community college system that has seen high turnover in recent years. The resignation is effective July 22.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling favoring the town of Wake Forest in its legal dispute over construction of a new charter school. But some state lawmakers want to make it more difficult for local governments to stand in the way of new charter schools.
Helping to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 593 would send a message about the legislative branch's authority.
Plaintiffs in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit are seeking Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal from the N.C. Supreme Court’s consideration of the case. Paperwork requesting Berger’s recusal arrived two days after Republican legislative leaders urged Justice Anita Earls to recuse herself from the case.
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