One of the most powerful N.C. lawmakers of the 2000s is asking the N.C. Appeals Court to allow him to pursue his political discrimination complaint against the state agency that fired him last year.
North Carolina could see a new tool in the fight against excessive state regulation. A bill filed in the state House offers a new way to strike down bad rules.
RALEIGH — State employees can expect a long and arduous fight if they want to address grievances with their employer, at least if their grievances are like those of former state parole and probation officer James Lewis. For the last 13 years Lewis has been in and out of courtrooms, and he has been up against the seemingly limitless legal resources of North Carolina’s state government.
