State Supreme Court rules against Revenue Department in machinery tax...
A unanimous state Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling against the state Revenue Department in a dispute over a tax exemption for machinery purchased to make asphalt. In an unsigned opinion...
View ArticleSenate confirms Hopkins as head of NCDOT, other appointments
On Thursday morning, the Senate made two confirmations and passed SB 790, “State Bar Review Committee Recommendations.” The Senate voted unanimously, 45-0, (with five excused absences) to confirm James...
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La lista de espera de escuelas chárter de Carolina del Norte se extiende a...
Alrededor de 85,551 estudiantes están en listas de espera para unirse a una escuela pública autónoma para el año escolar 2023-2024, según un nuevo borrador del informe elaborado por el Departamento de...
View ArticleState Supreme Court rejects 2016 defamation case against McCrory supporters
The North Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a defamation case filed against out-of-state lawyers supporting Gov. Pat McCrory after the 2016 election. The court ruled that the lawyers enjoyed legal...
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UNC System Board of Governors votes to amend DEI policy for ‘institutional...
With just two dissenting votes, the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted Thursday to amend Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policy on campuses statewide. The two “no” votes on...
View ArticleState Supreme Court upholds funding for Greenville red-light cameras
The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the funding model Greenville used for its now-discontinued red-light camera enforcement program. The 5-1 decision Thursday reversed an earlier ruling from...
View ArticleState Supreme Court rules media did not need lawsuit to request police...
The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled, 5-2, that media outlets did not need to file a lawsuit to request access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. That decision...
View ArticleSpeaker Moore introduces constitutional amendment for citizen-only voting
The North Carolina Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, has filed legislation to amend the state constitution to allow citizens-only to vote in all elections. This legislation, HB 1074, is...
View ArticleState Supreme Court rejects new murder trial for Wake homeowner
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not grant a new trial to a Wake County man convicted of murder after he shot and killed another man who was walking through his yard in 2016. Chad Cameron Copley...
View ArticleCooper vetoes first bill of GA’s short session
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed his first bill of the General Assembly’s short session on Thursday. H.B. 198, DOT Legislative Changes-AB, was proposed by the state’s Department of Transportation in the...
View ArticleState’s high court will take up teen’s forced COVID vaccination case
The North Carolina Supreme Court will consider the case of a Guilford County teenager who was vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2021 despite his objections and without parental consent. A court order...
View ArticleRobinson leads Stein 39% to 34% in new poll
Republican Mark Robinson is leading his Democratic opponent Josh Stein by a five percentage point margin in North Carolina’s race for governor, according to a new poll of registered voters by High...
View ArticleState Supreme Court will consider $600 million dispute involving Lindberg
Less than a month after a federal jury found former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg guilty for a second time in a bribery and fraud case, Lindberg learned Thursday that the state’s...
View ArticleFederal NC redistricting lawsuits officially scheduled for June 2025 trial
Two federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election maps will head to trial in June 2025 in Winston-Salem. Neither case will affect this year’s elections. The US...
View ArticleBiden’s 1 million barrel gasoline release to have negligible effect on prices
As the country heads into the unofficial start of summer this weekend, the Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it would release 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve,...
View ArticleState Supreme Court to take up case of former trooper’s ‘good moral character’
North Carolina’s highest court will take up a dispute involving the law enforcement recertification of a fired state trooper. A state commission wants to block the recertification. It claims former...
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CALN awarded ‘Innovation Prize’ by Heritage Foundation
The Carolinas Academic Leadership Network (CALN) has been awarded the Innovation Prize by the Heritage Foundation for its work to equip school board candidates and members with tools to combat the...
View ArticleEl presidente Moore presenta una enmienda constitucional para el voto...
El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Carolina del Norte, Tim Moore, republicano por Cleveland, ha presentado una legislación para enmendar la constitución estatal para permitir que los...
View ArticleLa liberación de 1 millón de barriles de gasolina de Biden tendrá un efecto...
Mientras el país se acerca al inicio no oficial del verano este fin de semana, la Administración Biden anunció el martes que liberaría 1 millón de barriles de gasolina de una reserva en el noreste,...
View ArticleOPINIÓN: Interrumpir graduaciones por su causa política es un acto egoísta
“Estás a punto de comenzar los mejores cuatro años de tu vida” es una frase que se les dice frecuentemente a los estudiantes del último año de secundaria al graduarse. Si bien esto es cierto para la...
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