Wake Forest

Raleigh area’s US-1 is a road standing still in a region moving forward

With rising costs and an overburdened state budget due to Hurricane Helene and economic concerns, the future of the US-1 upgrade project depends on

Drew DiMeglio

State Supreme Court ruling promotes property rights, school choice

A decision promoting the "free use of land" ends up helping a charter school developer win a court fight with the town of Wake Forest.

Mitch Kokai

State Supreme Court rules against Wake Forest in charter school sidewalk fight

The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled against the town of Wake Forest in a battle over permits for a charter school. In a 5-2 decision Friday, the court’s Republican majority ruled that Wake Forest should not have used a local sidewalk rule to block the school’s construction in 2020.

State Supreme Court tackles Wake Forest’s use of sidewalk rule to reject charter school

North Carolina’s highest court will decide in the months ahead whether the town of Wake Forest could use a sidewalk requirement to reject a proposed charter school in 2020. The topic generated an hour of oral arguments Tuesday at the state Supreme Court.

Intellectual diversity missing at top NC law schools

Derek T. Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor, recently published research on his personal site showing the political contributions of his fellow law professors at major American law schools. What he found is not surprising, but it is fairly disheartening to those who hold traditional American beliefs on things like freedom of speech, limited...

David Larson

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Wake town defends charter school rejection in NC Supreme Court filings

The town of Wake Forest defended in a series of state Supreme Court filings Friday its 2020 decision to reject a local charter school. The town urges the high court to uphold the state Appeals Court's 2-1 ruling in 2022 defending the town’s action.

NC Supreme Court could blunt local government efforts to block charter schools

The state's highest court will determine whether Wake Forest leaders abused their authority when blocking a proposed charter school.

Mitch Kokai

Home builders group takes interest in Wake Forest charter school dispute

A group representing N.C. home builders is supporting a charter school operator in its legal fight with the town of Wake Forest. The state Supreme Court will hear the case in the months ahead.

Charter school group enters legal dispute over Wake Forest’s decision to block school

The N.C. Coalition of Charter Schools is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision against a proposed charter school in Wake Forest. A new friend-of-the-court brief filed Friday targets the state Appeals Court’s 2022 ruling supporting the town.

NC Supreme Court to take up Wake Forest charter school dispute

The N.C. Supreme Court will consider a lawsuit challenging Wake Forest’s decision in 2020 to block construction of a new charter school. A 2-1 ruling from the state Appeals Court last year supported the town in the legal fight.

Tillis, Cooper offer thoughts, prayers to Hagan family

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and N.C. Gov.-elect Roy Cooper are among those who have sent public thoughts and prayers to the family of former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who was hospitalized Thursday within an undisclosed illness. A family member said doctors have ruled out a heart attack and stroke, according to the News and Record...