By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Controversial Trump administration policies on the census, asylum seekers and the border wall, held illegal by lower courts, are on the Supreme Court’s agenda Friday. The most pressing case ...
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Read More »The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued an order amending the state’s Business Court Rules, eliminating a provision that had given parties three extra days to respond to notices served via the state’s e-filing system or by email. Under the ...
Read More »Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed several new judges to fill vacancies on the state’s courts, and Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has tapped new chief district court judges in several districts. Christopher Todd Roper and Hathaway S. Pendergrass were named district ...
Read More »By LISA MASCARO, MARK SHERMAN and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented herself Wednesday in her final round of Senate confirmation questioning as a judge with a conservative approach and deeply held ...
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Read More »CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court in North Carolina accuses a former police officer, the city of Statesville and a local board of education of violating an autistic boy’s rights after he was handcuffed at school ...
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Read More »By Kathleen Driscoll BridgeTower Media Newswires “Our senior leaders want us to have our teams do a six-hour online training program. I know that it’s necessary to cover this material — and doing it all at one time is the ...
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Read More »Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has announced that the attorneys from Shanahan Law Group in Raleigh will join the firm on Dec. 1. Shanahan Law Group was founded by former federal prosecutor Kieran J. Shanahan in 2001. Other attorneys who ...
Read More »It seems as though staying active is just a bit easier during the summer. Even chores such as mowing the lawn and washing the car can be enjoyable when the weather is warm. But physical tasks can become significantly more ...
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Read More »By MARK SHERMAN, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked ...
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Read More »By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge leveled sharp criticism on Wednesday against a procedure giving North Carolina voters more leeway to fix witness problems on absentee ballots, but declined to immediately rule in a ...
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