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Appeals Court overturns UNC gun possession conviction

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of a homeless man who kept guns in his car while seeking kidney treatment at UNC Hospitals in 2021. Appellate judges agreed the state law used to convict Joseph John Radomski III unconstitutionally restricted his Second Amendment rights.

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NC can honor Brown v. Board legacy by ending exclusionary school district lines

Friday marked 70 years since the US Supreme Court declared that government-enforced separate public schools for students of different races was unconstitutional in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Yet our public school enrollment boundaries today are often a near-mirror of the redlined housing maps going back to the 1930s and 1940s —...

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Appeals Court grants NCSU request to block judge’s ruling in Poe Hall dispute

A unanimous three-judge state Appeals Court panel has granted North Carolina State University’s request to block a lower court ruling in a legal dispute involving the Poe Hall shutdown. The order issued Thursday granted NC State a temporary stay in its dispute with former grad student and employee Darren Masier.

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Moore, Weatherman among GOP figures supporting parents’ Charlotte Latin lawsuit

State House Speaker Tim Moore and lieutenant governor candidate Hal Weatherman are among 14 Republican political figures supporting parents who seek the North Carolina Supreme Court’s review of a lawsuit against a Charlotte private school. Doug and Nicole Turpin argue that Charlotte Latin School breached its contract with the Turpin family by expelling two children in 2021.

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NCSU asks Appeals Court to block trial judge’s ruling in Poe Hall dispute

North Carolina State University has asked the state’s second-highest court to block a trial judge’s ruling in a legal controversy involving the Poe Hall shutdown. The lower court order would force NCSU to allow outside investigators into the closed building.

CJ Staff