North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The state agency for district attorneys is making recommendations to increase fairness and access to justice in North Carolina’s courts, including intensive bias training, increased data collection to address racial disparities, and an assessment of the quality of indigent representation. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The state Senate failed on Monday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Republican legislation that would have directed North Carolina’s K-12 school districts to offer in-person instruction to all students in about two weeks. The ...

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The North Carolina State Bar has filed an ethics complaint against an assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. The complaint alleges that the prosecutor, Frank Chut, acted dishonestly in his handling of an investigation. The complaint ...

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday rejected a bill that would compel the state’s 115 K-12 public school districts to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction, while also ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting. The justices are taking up a case ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina civil rights groups struck a deal on Thursday with Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration to allow for the early release of 3,500 inmates in state custody over the next six months. If the state abides by ...

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Transylvania County courts and its clerk of court’s office will close early through March 2 due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced. The AOC said that the Transylvania courthouse, clerk’s office, and district and superior ...

Under changes spearheaded by the Biden administration, the U.S. Small Business Administration has opened an exclusive PPP loan application for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees. The 14-day exclusivity window, which began on Feb. 25, was designed to give sole ...

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A judge approved Chapter 11 bankruptcy plans for North Carolina-based Belk on Feb. 24, creating a new infusion of capital and cutting the debt load for the beleaguered department store chain. The judge approved the plan during ...

RALEIGH (AP) — With cases and other key metrics trending downward in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper on announced on Feb. 24 that the state will ease gathering and occupancy restrictions and end its 10 p.m. statewide curfew starting Feb. ...