North Carolina utilities regulators are hiring a former federal prosecutor and the Chicago law firm he heads to dig into whether they were misled ahead of the takeover creating America's largest electric company.
Read More »Judge lets challenge to FDA tobacco panel proceed
A challenge by two of the nation's largest cigarette makers alleging conflicts of interest in the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel's review of tobacco products can move forward, a federal judge has ruled.
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Read More »West Virginia court candidate sues to get campaign money
Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry, the sole recipient of public campaign funds from a West Virginia pilot project, announced Monday that he had petitioned the Supreme Court to compel the release of the program's so-called rescue funding.
Read More »ACLU questions plans for license readers
The American Civil Liberties Union in North Carolina has joined a number of other states is asking police for how they use automatic license plate readers to track and record movement.
Read More »Former judge pleads guilty to mishandling cases
A former Wake District Court judge has pleaded guilty to mishandling drunken driving cases.
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