Speaker Tim Moore wins CD-14 Republican Primary
With greater than 75% of the vote, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore wins the Republican primary contest for Congressional District 14.
With greater than 75% of the vote, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore wins the Republican primary contest for Congressional District 14.
Attorney General Josh Stein and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson have officially been declared the winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries for North Carolina governor, just an hour after polls close in the Tar Heel State.
A federal judge will allow advocates for Asheville’s homeless population to continue pursuing their lawsuit against the city. The suit challenges Asheville’s decision in 2021 to ban the 15 plaintiffs from city parks.
State Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs will not take part in an upcoming defamation case stemming from the 2016 governor’s election. Riggs revealed Monday that she had recused herself from the case before defendants filed a motion requesting her recusal last week. The case Bouvier v. Porter is scheduled for oral arguments on April 11.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against a mother who sued the Guilford County school board and Old North State Medical Society over her teenaged son’s forced COVID-19 vaccination in 2021. Appellate judges agreed that a federal law protected both defendants from legal liability.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has issued a ruling preventing one of Greg Lindberg’s companies from delaying the liquidation of two other insurance companies he owns. Lindberg was once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor. He’s scheduled to face a retrial this spring on federal bribery and fraud charges.
A federal magistrate judge recommends that a man injured during a 2020 Charlotte protest against police violence can proceed with First Amendment legal claims against the city and police officers. Kyre Mitchell says he lost two fingers after handling a flashbang grenade police threw toward him during the protest.
The Village of Bald Head Island and the provider of transportation services to and from the mainland are taking contrasting approaches to the timeline for resolving a legal dispute. Competing court filings Thursday at the North Carolina Court of Appeals exposed the divide.
A lawsuit over the media’s “fair report privilege” that prompted a war of words among state Supreme Court justices last year has officially ended. The plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Thursday in Wake County Superior Court.
A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld five of seven newly constituted state boards Gov. Roy Cooper had targeted in a lawsuit. The Democratic governor had argued that all seven boards violated the state constitution because Republican lawmakers took away Cooper’s appointment powers.
Property owners in North Carolina and Iowa are working with the Pacific Legal Foundation to challenge Army Corps of Engineers actions that appear to ignore US Supreme Court precedent. Federal court documents filed in both states argue that the Army Corps is relying on an interpretation of Clean Water Act rules “soundly rebuked” by the high court in the 2023 case Sackett v. EPA.
With an impending leadership change atop the Republican National Committee (RNC), there is a strong possibility the reins of the GOP will be placed in the hands of two Republicans from North Carolina. Recently, news broke that RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel planned to resign following the South Carolina primary, reportedly asked to step aside by...