A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel issued an order Monday blocking a lower court ruling in a Robeson County video sweepstakes case. The lower court had granted an injunction in June favoring a sweepstakes operator.
The leaders of three North Carolina law enforcement agencies urge the state Court of Appeals to block a lower court order in a Robeson County sweepstakes case. The order prevents law enforcement action targeting a sweepstakes operator called No Limit Games. The request for a “writ of supersedeas” from the state’s second-highest court mirrors a similar request from state officials in an ongoing Forsyth County case.
The N.C. prison system, comprising 55 facilities and employing roughly 16,000 staff, is one of the largest agencies in the state. That might surprise some, as prisons, from the real estate they occupy, to the critical role they play in governance, are not foremost in our minds when it comes to policy. In 2011, after...
As a special Senate committee on Tuesday began hammering out details for confirming Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet nominees, the back-and-forth between the governor and the General Assembly over the legality of the confirmation requirement continued. The process will mirror that used by the U.S. Senate, with an added step: North Carolina Cabinet-level nominees will have...
RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that he has chosen Erik Hooks as his public safety secretary. Hooks, a Spring Lake native, is a State Bureau of Investigation veteran. “Erik Hooks has worked every kind of crime from drug trafficking to public corruption and homeland security critical issues, and he has my confidence as...
