Top Republican state legislative leaders have filed a new motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions. Lawmakers filed their motion Monday as they continue to fight a separate suit challenging the state’s latest abortion l
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed three lawsuits challenging permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia. The decision ultimately could boost the prospects of the MVP Southgate extension into Ala
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina urges a federal court to allow its lawsuit to continue against the state’s new anti-riot law. The state attorney general and local district attorneys have asked the same court to dismiss the suit.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not hold a rehearing in front of all judges on an issue tied to armed career criminals and the Sixth Amendment. In a 10-4 split, appellate judges decided to leave the issue to the US Supreme Court.
As the midpoint of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, victims of Hurricanes Matthew and Florence's are still waiting to return to a home years later.
Republican state legislative leaders object to Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging part of North Carolina’s new abortion law. A hearing on the injunction is scheduled Sept. 21 in U.S. District Court in Greensboro.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court decision favoring shrimp trawlers in a dispute tied to the Clean Water Act. A three-judge appellate panel agreed unanimously with the dismissal of legal complaints against the trawler
The John Locke Foundation has signed on to a letter opposing new American steel tariffs. A coalition of more than two dozen free-market groups and individuals sent the letter Friday to the U.S. commerce secretary and the chairman of the US International Trade Commission.
After months of speculation, it is official: U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, R, NC-08, is running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina attorney general in 2024.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections released its plan Wednesday to provide free voter identification cards for voters who need them. The state’s new voter ID requirement takes effect for this year’s municipal elections. Information about free IDs arrived as ID critics faced a deadline Wednesday to explain their plan for pursuing a five-year-old federal lawsuit.
A federal judge will allow gun rights activists to proceed with a Second Amendment lawsuit against Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. But the judge rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against McFadden because of the way his office handles concealed handgun permits.
