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ACLU files federal suit against new NC anti-riot law

The American Civil Liberties Union is going to federal court to try to block North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. The measure is scheduled to take effect Dec. 1, after Gov. Roy Cooper decided not to use his veto stamp against the law. The suit filed Monday argues that “multiple provisions” of the new law are “facially unconstitutional.”

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Hooks retires after four years of storms, riots, and a pandemic

Erik Hooks has announced his retirement from Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet, ending a long career in state public safety. Hooks, secretary of the state Department of Public Safety, has served in the role since the beginning of Cooper’s first term. He helped oversee North Carolina’s response to hurricanes, violence in understaffed prisons, mob teardowns of...

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Military Bases Face Encroachment

WASHINGTON — The nation’s military bases face an ever-encroaching threat — suburban development. The need to protect base land for military training has the brass forming an unlikely alliance with conservation groups. Albeit for different reasons, the military and conservation groups share the same goal: to preserve open space. Conservationists say that the 25 million acres owned by Defense is home to almost 330 endangered species, while the DOD needs the land for training exercises. As a result, states are trying to balance the needs of the military, conservation groups, and homeowners. In Fayetteville, the Army and state and local conservation groups formed a partnership to protect 9,100 acres near Fort Bragg for training and woodpecker habitat.

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