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UNC-Charlotte alum Rep. Hudson applauds university for denouncing BDS student resolution

Rep. Hudson applauds UNC Charlotte admin for denouncing student resolution against Israel.

Katherine Zehnder

Republicans in other states split on N.C.’s redistricting argument at U.S. Supreme Court

Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate endorse N.C. lawmakers’ case in the Moore v. Harper redistricting dispute at the U.S. Supreme Court. But Missouri’s high-profile Republican secretary of state warns against a key element of the case put forward by N.C. legislative leaders. Those contrasting opinions became clear in friend-of-the-court briefs filed Friday at the nation’s highest court.

Legislative leaders bolster their case for U.S. Supreme Court action on congressional map

State legislative leaders are giving U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts more reasons to back their request for emergency Supreme Court action on North Carolina’s disputed congressional map. “The Elections Clause of the United States Constitution … provides that ‘The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each...

Pennsylvania case mirrors N.C. redistricting appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

Based on a 4-3 vote from the state Supreme Court, a congressional election map drawn by legislators gets tossed out. The court substitutes its own map for 2022 elections. The new map tips the scale toward the Democratic Party. The state in question is not North Carolina. It’s Pennsylvania. Three days after N.C. legislative leaders...

NY Times ties Price’s departure to national Democratic trend

A leading national newspaper is linking U.S. Rep. David Price’s retirement announcement to a national pattern. The New York Times cites Price’s decision as one example of Democrats’ “fading” hopes for maintaining control of Congress past 2022. “The quickening pace of Democratic retirements in the House may be the clearest indication yet that the party’s...

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Democrats, unions fighting move to open disciplinary records as Cooper remains quiet

A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it. Lawmakers filed Senate Bill 355, the Government Transparency Act of 2021, in late March, and it has been mired in committee since. Republic Sens. Norm Sanderson of Craven County, Bill...

John Trump

Both Sides Declare Victory In Ruling On Open Meetings

RALEIGH — A Superior Court judge ordered the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education to release previously undisclosed information about the circumstances surrounding the departure of a school superintendent in what media lawyer John Bussian said was “a big deal” for the public’s right to know. A former school board member disputes the importance of the ruling.

Appeals Court Hears Arguments In Alamance Records Case

RALEIGH — The Times-News of Burlington wants minutes from a closed session of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education discussing the departure of former school Superintendent Lillie Cox, who resigned and received more than $200,000 in severance a few months after her contract was renewed. The deal also included a provision that neither the board nor Cox would discuss the reasons for her dismissal and severance.

Appeals Court Schedules Alamance School Records Hearing

RALEIGH — The Times-News newspaper of Burlington sued the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education for copies of closed meeting minutes at which a report was released about questionable activities by then-Superintendent Lillie Cox in preparation for a vote to fire her. Cox subsequently resigned when the board went into open session. On April 6, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case.

Appeals Court Ordered To Hear School Records Case

RALEIGH — The Times-News of Burlington sued the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education to obtain minutes from closed meetings at which the board voted 4-0 to fire former superintendent Lillie Cox before she resigned. Cox was awarded more than $200,000 in severance. The school board has provided only partial minutes.