A federal judge has refused to issue an injunction blocking Novant Health’s $320 million purchase of two hospitals in Iredell County. The Federal Trade Commission had requested the injunction as part of a federal antitrust action.
A federal judge finalized her ruling this week against some of North Carolina’s restrictions on access to an abortion pill called mifepristone. The judgment and permanent injunction issued Monday confirmed a ruling US District Judge Catherine Eagles initially announced in April.
A settlement could be on the way for a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Lawyers on both sides of the dispute filed paperwork Monday seeking to delay court proceedings through July 15.
Tillis introduced a policy outline to improve Medicare physician training.
State government lawyers are appealing a federal judge’s recent decision striking down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. Felons who cast ballots in this state’s elections could have faced new felony charges before the judge’s ruling.
Dr. Phoebe Harris at Robeson Community College talks about how food insecurity impacts college students in Robeson County.
Thursday was a historic day as former President Donald Trump became the first former president convicted of a crime in the history of the United States.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina Green Party issued a statement calling on Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Legislature to call for a permanent ceasefire and end all aid to Israel. “The North Carolina Green Party is calling on Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Legislature to call on President Biden to stop...
A federal lawsuit challenging Asheville’s decision to ban local activists from using city parks is near a settlement. A notice filed Tuesday in US District Court prompted a judge in the case to cancel a hearing that had been scheduled later this week.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow the family of Joseph Lopez to continue pursuing its federal lawsuit against the Greensboro Police officer who shot and killed Lopex in 2021. Officer Matthew Hamilton had argued that federal qualified immunity and North Carolina’s public official immunity protected him from the Lopez estate’s suit.
Lawsuits aimed at potentially unconstitutional state laws belong in North Carolina's Eastern District, according to one Middle District judge's recent ruling.
