Opinion
Currituck tax case raises interesting questions for top NC court
North Carolina Supreme Court justices raise a number of questions in a case challenging one county's use of occupancy tax money.
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Top NC court tackles Currituck’s use of occupancy tax money
North Carolina’s highest court will decide whether Currituck County has authority to spend occupancy tax money for public safety and emergency services.
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Top NC court will tackle Currituck occupancy tax dispute in February
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 17 in a case challenging Currituck County’s use of local occupancy tax money.
Opinion
Top NC court could probe limits of AG’s lawsuit power
The state's largest business lobbying group supports a challenge to Attorney General Jeff Jackson's authority to file environmental lawsuits.
Opinion
Top NC court to settle coastal tourism tax dispute
North Carolina Supreme Court justices could decide whether state law gives Currituck County discretion to spend occupancy tax money on general county services.
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NC Chamber supports appeal against AG’s Chemours lawsuit
The North Carolina Chamber’s legal arm is supporting an appeal that challenges state Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s lawsuit against DuPont and Chemours over claims related to environmental contamination. Business Court Judge Michael Robinson ruled in August that Jackson could continue pursuing the suit filed in 2020.
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Critics target Currituck occupancy tax spending at top NC court
Local taxpayers challenging Currituck County’s use of its occupancy tax proceeds made their case Friday to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The taxpayers urge the high court to uphold a lower court ruling against the county.
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Hudson, Harrigan support parents battling Charlotte private school at top NC court
Two Republican members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation have joined 11 GOP state legislators and a dozen groups to support parents in a legal battle against a Charlotte private school. The case has reached North Carolina’s highest court.
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Appeals Court panel wrestles with NC Supreme Court election dispute
A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel spent more than 90 minutes Friday morning listening to arguments related to state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of more than 65,000 ballots cast in last fall’s election.
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Moore, Weatherman among GOP figures supporting parents’ Charlotte Latin lawsuit
State House Speaker Tim Moore and lieutenant governor candidate Hal Weatherman are among 14 Republican political figures supporting parents who seek the North Carolina Supreme Court’s review of a lawsuit against a Charlotte private school. Doug and Nicole Turpin argue that Charlotte Latin School breached its contract with the Turpin family by expelling two children in 2021.
