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Senator raises concerns about N.C. Supreme Court sidestepping standard process

A chairman of the N.C. Senate’s Redistricting and Elections Committee is raising concerns about the state Supreme Court speeding up the judicial process for “highly political” cases. A news release Wednesday from Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke, carries the headline “Deja Vu: Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Sidestep Court of Appeals.” “In another attempt to circumvent...

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Appeals Court blocks ruling that would allow felons to vote in N.C.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay in a case dealing with felon voting in North Carolina. The stay blocks any felons from registering to vote until appeals in the case are resolved. “The motion [for a] temporary stay is allowed,” according to an Appeals Court order released Tuesday. “The ‘Final Judgment...

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Supporters of voting rights for felons seek N.C. Supreme Court review

Winners of a recent trial court ruling on voting rights for felons want the N.C. Supreme Court to take up the case. The ruling could affect 56,000 felons who have completed active prison time. “Plaintiffs seek discretionary review from this Court given the exceptional importance and urgency of the appeal, and of Legislative Defendants’ Petition...

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Opinion

Call to end ‘horse collar tackle’ term and other outrageous stories

Below are a few recent stories that caught my attention. One of the more amusing recurring bits of news is media attempts to prop up the Biden administration. It’s not going well, obviously. Even Chuck Todd of NBC said Democrats face a “shellacking.”  Well over two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the...

Ray Nothstine

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Greenville, Pitt County schools urge N.C. Supreme Court to block red-light camera ruling

Greenville and the Pitt County school system are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to block a ruling throwing out the city’s red-light camera enforcement program. The city and local school board filed paperwork Tuesday with the state’s highest court. The request would allow the red-light camera program to stay in place while the Supreme Court...

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Durham case gives N.C. Supreme Court chance to clarify economic rights

The case of a fired Durham police sergeant gives the N.C. Supreme Court a chance to consider constitutional protection of economic liberty. The state’s highest court agreed this month to take up the case of Michael Mole’. He argues Durham was wrong to fire him from his police job after a controversial 2016 hostage negotiation....

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N.C. auditor details alleged embezzlement, some $430K, in Spring Lake

The state auditor’s office found that a former accounting technician in the town of Spring Lake misappropriated more than $430,000 in taxpayer funds for personal use and has referred its report to the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation for a possible criminal investigation. In the scathing report released Thursday, March 17, State Auditor Beth...

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Appeals Court considers lawsuit challenging Cooper team’s 2020 racetrack shutdown

Two years after Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration shut down an Alamance County racetrack during the height of the COVID-19 scare, the track’s owners continue a legal fight against the state. A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in the case. It pits the head of the N.C. Department of Health...

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Opinion

Key N.C. Supreme Court race shaken, stirred with last-minute entry

A surprise candidate filing has significantly altered the political landscape in one of North Carolina’s most important 2022 political races. It’s a contest to fill a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. A high-profile Republican primary that will decide who meets Democrat incumbent Jimmy Ervin in the fall had a new entry just as the...

Dallas Woodhouse