Opinion

Competitors for top court job take opposing sides in sex predator case

The two candidates for the top job on North Carolina’s highest court have squared off for the first time in more than a year. Their competing takes on a case involving a convicted sexual predator could offer voters valuable information this fall. Democrat Cheri Beasley has served since February 2019 as chief justice of the...

Mitch Kokai
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N.C. officials call for strong leadership, but direction remains unclear

On a day when North Carolina officials called for strong leadership, it’s unclear who’s actually in charge.  In a series of meetings and news conferences Tuesday, June 2, the state’s top politicians volleyed questions, spoke in support of protests, and pointed to threats still posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  But while some, such as Gov....

Kari Travis, Lindsay Marchello
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Closing technology gap a main concern of State Judicial Council

The State Judicial Council convened Thursday, Dec. 5, to discuss judicial branch reforms and to push for increased funding.  “We need to think about adequately staffing our branch of government,” Chief Justice Cheri Beasley said during her address to the council. “We need to think about innovative case management solutions such as drug treatment court,...

Brooke Conrad
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Beasley named first female African-American chief justice of N.C. Supreme Court

Gov. Roy Cooper picked the youngest member of the N.C. Supreme Court to its top position. Cooper named fellow Democrat Cheri Beasley, 52, an associate justice on the court, to succeed Republican Mark Martin, who is leaving the chief justice’s post at the end of this month. Beasley also is the first African-American woman to...

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