State Helene recovery efforts target affordable housing
North Carolina is directing more than $122 million in federal disaster recovery funding toward affordable housing in western North Carolina, with new programs aimed at both renters and prospective...
View ArticleBerger Jr. will not seek re-election, chief justice run possible
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. will not seek a second eight-year term as an associate justice on the state’s highest court in 2028. Berger issued a statement Thursday on social...
View ArticleBuckhout releases 1st campaign ad
On Sept. 1, Laurie Buckhout, the Republican running to unseat US Rep. Don Davis, D-NC1, released her first campaign ad, which focuses on how her military background and experience growing up on a farm...
View ArticleNOAA plans $64 million rebuild of historic Beaufort laboratory
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will use $64 million in federal disaster funding to rebuild its historic Beaufort Laboratory after hurricane-related structural damage forced...
View ArticleStein, lawmakers offer clues about upcoming NC Supreme Court arguments
Gov. Josh Stein and North Carolina legislative leaders offered the first glimpse Wednesday at arguments they will make when they square off at the state’s highest court in November. The North Carolina...
View ArticleCooper, fellow Dems urge SCOTUS to reject stay in ad rate case
North Carolina’s Roy Cooper and three other Democratic congressional candidates urged the US Supreme Court Thursday not to issue a stay in a legal dispute involving rates for broadcast election ads....
View ArticleWilmington man pleads not guilty on charges of voting by felon
A Wilmington man entered pleas of not guilty Thursday on three federal charges that he voted despite having a felony child pornography conviction. James Osborne faced arraignment in Wilmington before...
View ArticleNC schools post gains, but 4 in 10 students still short of grade level
North Carolina students improved on 17 of 18 state exams last year and graduated at the highest rate in state history, according to preliminary accountability data presented to the State Board of...
View ArticleAppeals Court to address Triad cities’ 1,4-dioxane dispute with DEQ
Greensboro, Asheboro, and Reidsville are asking the state’s second-highest court to reverse a ruling involving state regulation of a chemical called 1,4-dioxane. The cities argue that state...
View ArticlePLF takes interest in just compensation dispute involving NC DOT
The Pacific Legal Foundation is watching with interest as North Carolina’s second-highest court tackles a case involving the state Department of Transportation and just compensation. At stake is more...
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