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State Supreme Court will not revisit case that overturned precedent on nurses’ liability

North Carolina’s highest court will not revisit a 2022 decision that overturned a 90-year-old precedent dealing with legal liability for nurses. Defendants in the case had challenged the earlier ruling issued by three members of the seven-member court.

CJ Staff
Opinion

State politics snaps back toward normal

This year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina is shaping up to be a highly competitive and expensive one — which should surprise no one who’s lived in our state or watched our politics for more than an instant. The John Locke Foundation’s just-released Civitas Poll has the Republican nominee, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, and...

John Hood
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State Supreme Court considers case that could increase nurses’ legal liability

The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a nurse can face greater legal liability for a patient’s injuries. The decision could reinforce or throw out a nearly 90-year-old court precedent. “Don’t you want the law to be such that if people are going to be held accountable, that the proper measure...

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Edwards Home County’s Largest

RALEIGH — Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county.

Don Carrington
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Edwards, Kemp Discuss Poverty

CHAPEL HILL — John Edwards and Jack Kemp both agree that poverty is one of the most important domestic issues facing the United States. They just have different ideas on how to solve the problem. The two former vice presidential candidates discussed poverty Monday in a town hall-type format in front of a crowd of more than 100 students, faculty, and members of the community at the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre.

Shannon Blosser