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NCInnovation board members battle over transparency

The board of directors of NCInnovation, a private nonprofit given $500 million in taxpayer money to fund grants facilitating the commercialization of public university research, met this week. Tension, and voices, ran high as staff and board members wrangled over how much the taxpayers deserve to know about their process.

Jeff Moore
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Appeals Court rules against media seeking access to police traffic accident reports

A federal Appeals Court has rejected a lawsuit from two major North Carolina media outlets and a law firm seeking access to traffic accident reports from the state Highway Patrol, Department of Public Safety, Raleigh, and two other cities. The decision announced Monday affirms a trial court ruling from US District Judge Loretta Biggs. She determined that she had no subject matter jurisdiction to consider the case.

CJ Staff

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