North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Campus workers in the University of North Carolina system have filed a lawsuit saying working conditions are unsafe and that workers are reporting for work with inadequate protective equipment amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Some university employees, ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper won another legal victory defending his COVID-19 executive orders on Tuesday, this time when a judge rejected Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s demand that they be ...

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The Lee County Courthouse has reopened after closing for almost two weeks after an employee testified positive for COVID-19. The courthouse closed on July 31 after one employee tested positive. The courthouse, including the district attorney’s office and clerk of ...

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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is weakening hiring and the economic rebound. ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions keeping some businesses with higher risks for spreading the virus closed and mass gatherings severely limited will remain in place for another five weeks, Gov. Roy ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order a wide array of changes to North Carolina’s election rules sought by voting advocacy groups worried about how COVID-19 could limit ballot ...

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For Megan Mallamas, sitting for the North Carolina Bar exam in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was “the lesser of two evils.” “I turn 26 in October, and I preferred to risk exposure to COVID-19 while still on my ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest are heading to court over whether some of Cooper’s COVID-19 executive orders should be blocked because other elected officials didn’t consent to them. A ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has extended several existing emergency directives that allow increased use of technology and seek to limit foot traffic in courthouses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The orders entered July 30 extend ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina NAACP has asked a judge to bar the use of a touch-screen voting machine in several counties due to what it says are heightened risks associated with using them during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

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