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NC education commission spent 2 hours out of public view

A state commission appointed by Gov. Josh Stein and Republican legislative leaders spent nearly two hours of its July 27 meeting in Zoom breakout rooms that were left off its public livestream. The director of a statewide open-government group says the format likely violated North Carolina's Open Meetings Law.

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Judge will not force Cooper to testify in COVID bar shutdown case

A Superior Court judge will not force former Gov. Roy Cooper to offer sworn testimony in a lawsuit brought by North Carolina bar owners. The bar owners challenge Cooper’s executive orders that forced bars to remain closed during the COVID pandemic.

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Stein vetoes bill allowing chief justice to suspend judges

Gov. Josh Stein vetoed House Bill 377 2026 Court Changes on Monday, saying the bill “would have a chilling effect on judicial independence by giving the Chief Justice authority to suspend trial judges without pay, a power no other Chief Justice in the country has.”

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Cooper deposition motion labeled ‘extreme’ in COVID bar shutdown case

Forcing former Gov. Roy Cooper to provide sworn testimony would be an “extreme remedy” in a lawsuit brought by bar owners shut down because of Cooper’s COVID-related shutdown orders. State government lawyers offered that argument in a court filing Thursday.

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