By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — The first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court announced her entry Tuesday into the state’s highly competitive U.S. Senate race. Cheri Beasley formally ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Coming off a narrow election defeat in 2020, North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state Supreme Court will soon enter the 2022 U.S. Senate race, two advisers familiar with her deliberations ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded on Saturday to Republican Paul Newby in their extremely close election after two rounds of recounts saw little change in the vote ...

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  After an eight-month hiatus, jury trials will resume in much of North Carolina in November. But the change won’t be wholesale, as three of North Carolina’s most populous counties are delaying their start until 2021, while others are moving ...

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In this year’s elections, voters will be asked to select a candidate to serve an eight-year term as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. As we’ve done in previous Supreme Court elections, Lawyers Weekly reached out to both ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has issued a call for action within the criminal justice system in the midst of ongoing protests against police brutality. “We must develop a plan for accountability in our courts,” Beasley said. ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has extended filing deadlines for county court documents through April 17 due to COVID-19. Beasley issued an order on March 19 saying that county court pleadings, motions, notices, and other documents due ...

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  The Coronavirus had been on people’s collective radar for months, and as state leaders began publicly talking about it and its potential effect on North Carolina, Cheri Beasley, the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, began keeping ...

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The North Carolina Supreme Court officially has a new chief justice. Cheri Beasley was formally invested as chief justice at a swearing-in ceremony March 7 at the Supreme Court in Raleigh. Beasley, the 29th chief justice in the court’s history, ...

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