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Stein urges top NC court not to consider appointments dispute
Gov. Josh Stein urges the North Carolina Supreme Court not to take up his dispute with legislative leaders over appointments to seven state boards and commissions.
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Lawmakers ask top NC court to consider appointments dispute
Top legislative leaders are asking the state Supreme Court to take up their dispute with the governor over appointments to state boards and commissions.
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NC Appeals Court issues mixed ruling for Stein, legislators in appointments fight
The North Carolina Court of Appeals offered Democratic Gov. Josh Stein and Republican legislative leaders a split decision Wednesday in their fight over changes to appointments for seven state boards and commissions. Appellate judges upheld lawmakers’ changes to four boards but rejected changes to three others.
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NC court fights among ACC, Florida State, Clemson officially end with dismissals
Three months after the Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson, and Florida State announced a settlement of their legal battle over media rights, the ACC has officially dismissed its North Carolina lawsuits against the two member schools.
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NC Superior Court panel hears arguments in election board case
A North Carolina Superior Court panel of judges heard arguments Monday over whether elections board appointments would shift from Gov. Josh Stein to State Auditor Dave Boliek on May 1 as outlined in SB 382, which became law in December.
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Top NC court delays arguments in ACC media rights cases
The North Carolina Supreme Court has delayed oral arguments that had been scheduled next week in a pair of lawsuits pitting the Atlantic Coast Conference against member schools Clemson and Florida State.
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ACC settlements with Clemson, Florida State not yet finalized
More than a month after the Atlantic Coast Conference announced a settlement of lawsuits with Clemson and Florida State universities over media rights and conference exit penalties, the litigation still has not officially ended. The North Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on April 17 in the ACC’s lawsuits against the two member schools.
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Appeals Court tackles appointments fight between Stein, legislative leaders
North Carolina’s second-highest court listened Monday as lawyers for Gov. Josh Stein and top legislative leaders disputed lawmakers’ ability to limit the governor’s appointment power over seven state boards and commissions.
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NC Chamber supports ACC in legal fights with Florida State, Clemson
North Carolina’s leading business group is supporting the Atlantic Coast Conference in its ongoing legal disputes with Florida State and Clemson universities. The NC Chamber Legal Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday at the North Carolina Supreme Court in lawsuits pitting the conference against the two schools.
Opinion
A Defense of Liberal Learning
It’s hard to prepare students for the future when we ignore the wisdom of the past.
Opinion
Another UNC-Chapel Hill official gets a sweet send-off
The news last fall of sweetheart deals to exiting administrators of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill placed the institution under unsettling scrutiny of its priorities. Those deals amounted to $520,000 plus travel expenses to two former vice chancellors, Susan H. Ehringhaus and Susan T. Kitchen. They came to light after other UNC-CH officials had spent months making the university’s case against any more budget cuts affecting them, on the basis that the university had nowhere left to cut.
