A man who lost two fingers after a 2020 protest in Charlotte can proceed with a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the city and police officers. A federal judge issued an order Friday allowing that portion of the lawsuit to move forward.
Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson can proceed with his federal lawsuit against the town of Smithfield. But a federal judge’s order Thursday dropped school board members, the district attorney, and all but one individual plaintiff from the case.
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In her recent State of the City address for 2024, Mayor Nancy Vaughn of Greensboro put forward a bold proposal: a citywide 1% prepared-food tax. The rationale behind this initiative, according to Vaughn, is to inject much-needed revenue into the community, with estimates suggesting a minimum influx of $20 million. While on the surface, this...
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) certified the March 5 primary during a board meeting Tuesday.
A federal judge has ruled that Asheville cannot ban activists for the homeless from accessing city parks while they pursue a federal lawsuit against the city. An injunction Monday allows the plaintiffs to use city parks as their case proceeds.
Michael Wray, D-Northampton, announced Monday that he is ending his decades of service in the state legislature after being defeated by primary opponent Rodney Pierce from his party's progressive left wing.
A unanimous North Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Asheville’s removal of a downtown Confederate monument in 2021. It’s the same end result reached at lower courts, though Supreme Court justices reached their decision for different reasons.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities is backing Greensboro as the city urges the state’s highest court to take up a dispute over local impact fees. Greensboro and the league want to overturn a February court ruling favoring developers who sued the city.
In a 6-3 decision Tuesday, the US Supreme Court ended a stay on a Texas state law that allows local law enforcement to arrest those who have crossed the US-Mexico border illegally.
