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Top NC court issues stay in Candler CON dispute
The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed Monday to stay a lower court’s ruling in a certificate-of-need dispute in western North Carolina.
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AdventHealth asks NC Supreme Court to clarify CON case law
AdventHealth is asking North Carolina’s highest court to take a case that would help clarify future legal disputes over the state’s certificate-of-need law.
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Appeals Court rejects former Gates County elections director’s lawsuit
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit Gates County’s former elections director filed against two top county officials.
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Coastal rules battle between two NC agencies heads to Appeals Court
North Carolina’s second-highest court will hear arguments Thursday in a dispute over 30 government rules targeting coastal North Carolina.
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Cooper, Whatley in statistical dead heat for US Senate seat
NC's open US Senate race is a statistical dead heat, with Democrat Roy Cooper holding a slim lead over Republican Michael Whatley, according to a new PPP poll.
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Byrne, Walczyk win Appeals Court primaries
The marquee judicial race on North Carolina’s 2026 ballot had no primary election. Incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, will face state Rep. Sarah Stevens, her Republican challenger, in November. They are competing for an eight-year term on North Carolina’s highest court. Republicans now hold a 5-2 Supreme Court majority. Voters will...
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Appeals Court tackles COVID, CON, public records, slander
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued decisions Wednesday reviving a COVID-related death benefits claim from the family of a former Winston-Salem police officer, rejecting a western North Carolina certificate-of-need complaint, granting part of Matthews’ request in a public records dispute with a Charlotte television station, and rejecting a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesperson’s slander suit.
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No refunds after court overturns 2024 Duke Energy rate adjustments
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has determined that the state Utilities Commission made a mistake in 2024 when allowing Duke Energy to raise rates based on unrecovered fuel costs from 2022. Yet a change in state law in 2025 means that customers will see no refunds based on the mistake.
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Appeals Court takes on NC elections board appointments dispute
Control over appointments to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections depends on the outcome of a legal dispute that headed to the state’s second-highest court Tuesday afternoon.
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Top NC court rejects case tied to Charlotte reporter’s records request
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not consider a Charlotte television reporter’s pursuit of records linked to a fatal 2023 shooting involving private security guards.
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Winter weather threat delays elections board case at NC Appeals Court
North Carolina’s winter weather threat has prompted the state Appeals Court to postpone oral arguments in a dispute over state elections board appointments.
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Boliek urges NC Appeals Court to note its recent Stein v. Hall ruling
Auditor Dave Boliek hopes the state Appeals Court’s recent ruling in a case pitting the governor against top legislators will affect another case with the same parties.
