A split N.C. Court of Appeals panel has granted the state Department of Transportation’s request to step into a vendor contract dispute. Appellate judges issued an order Thursday blocking a trial judge’s ruling that would have forced DOT to change vendors. The contract covers the state’s electronic lien and titling system.
Gov. Roy Cooper will neither sign nor veto a bill to give teens quicker access to a driver’s license. Senate Bill 157 will become law without Cooper’s signature.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is urging the state’s second-highest court to step into a legal dispute over a contract for a state electronic lien and titling system. Without action, a lower court order would force DOT to change its vendor this week.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an airline traveler can pursue a lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted during a security screening for a flight from Asheville. The 4th Circuit joins the 3rd and 8th Circuits in permitting suits involving TSA screeners.
On the floor of the United States House, Rep. David Rouzer, R-NC7, announced that the Cuban government had visited the Port of Wilmington in late February. The port in Wilmington ranks in the top 25 for container traffic in the US, and Cuba is designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
