North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
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 ...
Read More »Cooper vetoes bill barring use of private funds to run elections
U.S. DOJ settles lawsuit against Wilson Co. 
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 ...
Read More »Biden nominates Dena King for federal prosecutor post
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 ...
Read More »N.C. House approves budget with veto-proof support
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 ...
Read More »Coronavirus cases close Meck Co. courthouse
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 ...
Read More »4th Circuit gives mixed ruling on N.C. school’s dress code
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 ...
Read More »Former chief justice Beasley raises $1.3M for U.S. Senate bid
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 ...
Read More »N.C. Senate approves bill to give bonuses to returning workers
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. ...
Read More »N.C. body camera law comes under harsh glare
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh glare after a judge refused to make public footage of deputies shooting and killing Andrew Brown ...
Read More »Bond set for dad, daughter whose murder convictions were reversed
LEXINGTON (AP) — A father and daughter who were sentenced to prison in the 2015 death of an Irish businessman were released on bond on April 7, weeks after the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed that their convictions should be ...
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