A unanimous U.S. Appeals Court panel has ruled against a specialty license plate in North Carolina featuring the Confederate battle flag. The N.C. Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans had gone to court to revive the discontinued plate. In an opinion of little more than one page, Judges Paul Niemeyer, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd rejected the Confederate group’s case.
The N.C. Supreme Court will not take up a legal challenge to state hog farm laws. In orders issued Friday, the court declined to take up a case challenging 2017 and 2018 amendments to North Carolina’s Right to Farm Act.
Spring Lake’s former finance director faces four years in federal prison after embezzling more than $500,000 from the town. Gay Cameron Tucker, 64, was sentenced Wednesday, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
Most clients in food truck lawsuits operate trucks themselves. A new suit in Jacksonville features a plaintiff barred from hosting a food truck on her private property.
Plaintiffs working the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit against food truck restrictions in Jacksonville, North Carolina. IJ attorney Bob Belden explains the case.
A short-term rental owner won a unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday against the town of Blowing Rock. Judges noted the state’s emphasis on the “free use of property.”
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asks Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, about potential abortion legislation in the 2023 N.C. legislative session. This exchange took place during the Nov. 25, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
The N.C. Rules Review Commission will consider Thursday two proposals to restrict access to information about voting systems in North Carolina. RRC staff have recommended that the commission reject both rules from the State Board of Elections.
N.C. bar owners are asking the state Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper. They’re seeking compensation for COVID executive orders that shut down or limited their businesses for a year.
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions have denied the state nearly $1.5 billion in health care investment over the past decade. That’s the conclusion of a forthcoming study from the Americans For Prosperity Foundation.
Based on current medical research, medical marijuana should not be legalized in North Carolina. We all want to be compassionate and help people in need. As we look for potential health benefits of marijuana, we also need to look at the harm to individuals, their families, their community, and our state. To find the facts, we need to...
