North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — A western North Carolina city’s decision to remove a downtown monument honoring a Civil War-era governor has been upheld by the state’s Court of Appeals. On March 5 the court unanimously affirmed Superior Court Judge Alan Thornburg’s ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina lawsuit that attempts to block a law permitting four Charlotte-area municipalities to operate their own charter schools can’t go forward, the state Court of Appeals ruled on March 5. Two years ago, the North ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed Republican legislation that would bar North Carolina election boards and officials in counties from accepting private money to run elections. The bill, one of several election-related measures pushed by GOP legislators ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement in a lawsuit it filed against a North Carolina county alleging that an emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it fired a worker who told supervisors ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominations, announced by the ...

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina House has approved a two-year budget with enough support to thwart a potential veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The budget process is far from over, as the Republican-controlled House and Senate still need to ...

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina courthouse will remain closed for the rest of the week after a group of people tested positive for the coronavirus and dozens of others quarantine. Five employees working onsite at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out a lower-court ruling that banned a North Carolina charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts. But the 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley of North Carolina raised nearly $1.3 million in little more than two months since she entered the race in April, her campaign announced on July 7. The former state Supreme Court ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Giving bonuses to North Carolina’s unemployment benefit recipients who get a job soon would help both business struggling to fill vacancies and residents who need a nudge to return to work, Republican lawmakers said on June 1. ...