North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
STAR (AP) — Republican state Sen. Buck Newton of Wilson has started his bid to become North Carolina’s next attorney general. Newton announced his candidacy Monday. He planned to kick off his 2016 campaign with a breakfast in the Montgomery ...
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Judge temporarily halts fracking approvals in North Carolina
RALEIGH (AP) — A judge has ordered North Carolina not to approve any fracking operations until the state Supreme Court rules on a legal question about how state panels are formed. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens’ decision ...
Tagged with: Fracking
Read More »For many low-income workers, calling in sick is a luxury
NEW YORK (AP) — For Shannon Henderson, getting a cold or flu could be the difference between putting food on the table and going hungry. As a part-time customer service representative at a Wal-Mart in Sacramento, California, Henderson is one ...
Read More »Supreme Court says convicted felons can sell their guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can’t prevent a convicted felon who is barred from possessing firearms from trying to sell his guns after they are confiscated by authorities. The justices sided with Tony ...
Tagged with: U.S.Supreme Court
Read More »Justices make it easier to sue over 401(k) retirement plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of participants in employee retirement plans who object to companies’ investment decisions that eat into retirement savings. The justices on Monday revived claims by current and former employees of ...
Tagged with: 401(k) U.S.Supreme Court
Read More »Sea weed? Packages of marijuana wash ashore in N.C., Ala.
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man stumbled upon a 10-pound package of marijuana that washed up on the beach. Multiple news outlets report that Ron Smith was taking a morning walk near the Cotton Bayou Beach access in ...
Tagged with: Marijuana
Read More »Former NSA official: Secret phone records grab a mistake
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to keep secret the National Security Agency’s collection of American calling records was a strategic blunder that set the stage for Edward Snowden’s unauthorized disclosures and ultimately harmed U.S. national security, the agency’s former inspector ...
Read More »NC budget decisions aren’t as painful with $400M cushion
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina budget-writers aren’t having to make as many cuts as in other years since the Great Recession. It’s making for a less painful process as House Republicans roll out portions of a spending plan for the ...
Tagged with: State Budget
Read More »Monthly average of unemployment claims falls to 15-year low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits ticked lower last week, pushing down the four-week average of applications to its lowest level since April 2000. Weekly applications fell 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 264,000 last week, ...
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Read More »Lawyer who pursues innocence cases faces State Bar complaint
RALEIGH (AP) — An attorney who represented the first person in North Carolina released from prison after a being found innocent by a special judicial panel now faces charges herself from the group that regulates lawyers. The North Carolina State ...
Tagged with: innocence commission N.C. State Bar
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