North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, on behalf of 14 states, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold racial preferences in college admissions.

Tagged with: affirmative action

While other Southern states already have drawn the line on the federal health care overhaul, North Carolina doesn't seem quite settled on whether to commit to insuring hundreds of thousands more people starting in 2014.

Tagged with: Medicaid

A second soldier accused of driving an Asian-American private to suicide last fall has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a court-martial at Fort Bragg.

Tagged with: Fort Bragg

A Mecklenburg County commissioner is asking why the county still provides benefits to same-sex partners of their employees three months after North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment slamming the door on same-sex marriages.

Tagged with: Charlotte Mecklenburg County

Phil Bernanke, a longtime pharmacist in Dillon, S.C., and father of the Federal Reserve chairman, has died. He was 85.

Cary officials have axed one of the state's last red-light traffic camera systems.

North Carolina agencies will enforce a new law that exempts more passenger vehicles from emissions tests by using a narrow interpretation of the statute.

The former Carthage police chief and his wife are facing embezzlement charges in separate cases.

The retired chief deputy in the Randolph County sheriff's office will replace a longtime legislator in both the North Carolina House and on the November ballot.

Tagged with: Randolph County

With less than a month before the Democratic National Convention, the city on Wednesday released details about what streets will be closed for security during the event.

Tagged with: Charlotte Democratic National Convention