Modifications to the program were criticized as “mission creep” by one Republican lawmaker.
North Carolina gubernatorial candidates, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and Attorney General Josh Stein, spoke to a crowd of over 500 Thursday at the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast. Economy Robinson, the Republican nominee and Stein, the Democratic nominee both came out of the gate with their view on the economic future for the state. “We have to make...
A unanimous three-judge panel has dismissed former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr’s lawsuit seeking a state constitutional right to “fair elections.” Judges agreed Orr’s complaint raised political questions that a court should not address.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not take up pension spiking cases involving the Harnett and Wilson county school boards. In both cases, the state’s second-highest court ruled against the school systems in their disputes with the state employees’ retirement system.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not take a case involving a dispute between Greensboro and developers over impact fees. A state Court of Appeals ruling against the city in February could lead to refunds of $5.2 million plus interest.
The state Supreme Court will allow plaintiffs to move forward with a lawsuit challenging Kinston’s condemnation program as racially discriminatory. The unanimous high court ruling Friday overturns a decision from North Carolina’s second-highest court.
Plans to build VinFast’s proposed $4 billion electric vehicle factory in Moncure, Chatham County, remain on hold as the county awaits information on the contractors that will be working on the site.
North Carolina lawmakers left the state capital on Friday without fully funding the waitlist for the state’s school choice voucher program, even though both House and Senate leadership agree that the funding fix needs to happen. Lawmakers will return to Raleigh July 10 for a skeletal session, and then five more times this year: July 29, Sept....
The US Supreme Court overturned Friday a controversial 40-year-old precedent that called for courts to defer to government agencies’ interpretations when considering ambiguous laws. The end of so-called “Chevron deference” arrives as North Carolina’s top court prepares to consider its own deference case.
Plaintiffs who lost a state Supreme Court battle against Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program are seeking a rehearing. They ask North Carolina’s high court to revisit the issue of people seeking refunds from the government.
The House and Senate agreed on an adjournment resolution late Thursday to wrap up major legislative action.
