North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center has petitioned the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to require sellers to disclose to potential buyers information about past flood damages on behalf of Natural Resources Defense Council, North Carolina Justice Center, MDC, ...

Tagged with: flood history

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The day-to-day administrator of the North Carolina Democratic Party for the past two election cycles has left the executive director’s post.  In an email to party leaders this weekend, Meredith Cuomo said she made the decision ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel asked by Gov. Roy Cooper to recommend changes to how governing boards of the University of North Carolina system and its member schools are chosen met for the first time last week.  The Commission ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Incoming and returning Republicans to the North Carolina Senate chose on Monday a key lawmaker on tax, voting and energy issues to become the chamber’s majority leader for the next two years.  The Senate Republican Caucus, ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up the issue of affirmative action again Monday — the second time in six years — but with the conservative majority now generally expected to end the use of race in higher ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger recently called an offer from state hospitals to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of the working poor “not a serious proposal,” saying loosened regulations for medical construction projects didn’t ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —Coastal recreational anglers can keep suing the state of North Carolina over accusations that government regulators have devastated near-shore fishing stocks in violation of the state constitution, the state Court of Appeals ruled last week.  The Coastal ...

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A stunning 26-acre estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains has entered the market for $9.25 million — the highest-priced home in Fairview.  Located at 5 Wild Wind Trail, this unique residence boasts sweeping long-range mountaintop vistas and sunset scenes. After ...

Tagged with: homes

RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked a local North Carolina district attorney from prosecuting state Attorney General Josh Stein or anyone else for his 2020 campaign ad through a criminal libel law.  The majority on a ...

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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company has promised to pay more $82 million to creditors over an abandoned practice facility project in Rock Hill under a new plan proposed Thursday.  The plan would ...

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