State government’s new controller is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to jettison a proposed forced transfer of $785 million out of the state treasury for court-ordered education purposes. Acting Controller Nels Roseland’s request arrived Monday as parties in the long-running Leandro lawsuit submitted their latest round of briefs in the case. Roseland took over the...
A state senator tried without success Wednesday to get Gov. Roy Cooper’s nominee for state controller to answer “yes” or “no” on three questions. Each stemmed from the same query: Would he go along with a court order to transfer money out of the state treasury in the Leandro school-funding legal dispute?
Editor’s note: This developing story was last updated Monday afternoon with reply briefs. Last update: 5:05 p.m. Plaintiffs and N.C. Justice Department lawyers are urging a judge to order $795 million in new state education spending. Legal briefs filed since Friday confirm agreement from both groups about whittling down the size of a $1.75 billion...
Supporters of a proposed $1.7 billion court-ordered hike in N.C. education funding are renewing their pleas for action from the N.C. Supreme Court. Court filings Tuesday urge justices to take another look at a case that dates back to 1994. The direct issue is a retired Union County judge’s order to transfer the $1.7 billion...
Lawyers working for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will soon ask the state Supreme Court to jump back into the long-running Leandro school funding dispute. At stake is the potential transfer of $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds without legislative approval. A notice filed Tuesday in the state’s highest court warned justices that the attorney general’s...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. State Controller Linda Combs and Republican legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court not to step into the latest dispute involving the long-running Leandro school funding case. At stake is $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds. The N.C. Court of Appeals issued a “writ of prohibition” on Nov....
State Attorney General Josh Stein’s office is willing to go along with a delay in implementing a $1.7 billion school funding order. A court filing from Stein’s office Tuesday morning marked the latest development in the long-running Leandro lawsuit. “The State is mindful of the unique circumstances and novel issues that this case presents,” writes...
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