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State Supreme Court to tackle tax dispute over wireless retailer’s prepaid cards

The North Carolina Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a cell phone retailer should have collected sales tax on its prepaid cards from 2016 through 2018. The dispute involves more than $516,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties.

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Election challenge: Democrat incumbent protests results, citing irregularities

North Carolina House Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northhampton, has filed an election protest in the District 27 primary race, citing election irregularities that could have interfered with the election outcome. The unofficial count has Wray’s primary challenger, Rodney Pierce, ahead by just 36 votes as of Friday. Wray filed petitions for all three counties in House District...

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Locke joins SCOTUS brief in Maryland gun case

The John Locke Foundation has helped file a friend-of-the-court brief at the nation’s highest court in a case challenging Maryland gun restrictions. Second Amendment supporters filed a petition on Feb. 8 asking the US Supreme Court to take the case, Bianchi v. Brown, before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals could issue a ruling.

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Full Appeals Court will not hold new hearing for cop killer Golphin

The state Court of Appeals will not hold a full “en banc” rehearing of the latest appeal from convicted murderer Kevin Salvador Golphin. An order released Tuesday showed that no judge on the 15-member court voted to grant the rehearing Golphin requested after his latest legal loss.

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Lawmakers appealing elections board ruling favoring Cooper

Top legislative leaders will ask the North Carolina Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s ruling favoring Gov. Roy Cooper in a legal fight over the State Elections Board. Lawmakers filed a notice of appeal Tuesday, the same day the public learned about the panel’s decision.

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Lawmakers reject trial this year on 30-day voter residency requirement

North Carolina’s top legislative leaders oppose a plan to combine an injunction hearing and trial in a lawsuit challenging the state’s 30-day residency requirement for voters. Plaintiffs working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm proposed the plan last month.

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