North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide in the weeks ahead whether Smithfield Foods’ $12 million in payments to the state since 2019 will head to public schools. A trial judge ruled in 2024 that the money should fund schools rather than remain with an environmental grant program run by the state attorney general.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take up a legal dispute pitting the state Department of Environmental Quality against the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation. The case involves conditions tied to state animal waste permits.
A 2019 state law dictates that an annual payment to the state from Smithfield Foods should support environmental enhancements in public schools.
A lawsuit challenging state Attorney General Josh Stein’s ability to spend millions of dollars from the state treasury on environmental grants heads to a Wake County courtroom Tuesday. Critics argue that the money should fund environmental projects in the state’s public schools.
A lawsuit challenging state Attorney General Josh Stein’s ability to pull millions of dollars out of North Carolina’s treasury for his grant priorities could head to a Wake County courtroom in June. The money is connected to a multimillion-dollar deal former Attorney General Mike Easley negotiated with Smithfield Foods in 2000.
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The N.C. Farm Bureau Federation detailed concerns in a court filing Monday about a “sue-and-settle” scheme that could have influenced new state animal waste regulations. The N.C. Court of Appeals is scheduled to address the Farm Bureau’s complaint in the coming months.
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.
The first person that came to my door when I moved to North Carolina introduced himself as “Cornbread.” Now moving from Mississippi, that’s no culture shock like it might be for the Northeastern transplants, but it was a little something out of an Andy Griffith episode. “Cornbread” talked about everything he needed to fix and...
A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has sided with Attorney General Josh Stein in a battle over money flowing to state government from a legal settlement between the state and hog operation Smithfield Foods. The 6-0 decision allows Stein to continue using the money to fund an environmental grant program he controls. Critics have labeled the...
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging 2017 and 2018 amendments to North Carolina’s Right to Farm Act. The Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help, N.C. Environmental Justice Community Action Network, and Waterkeeper Alliance filed suit in 2019 against the amendments....
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