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Top NC court to decide whether AG gets second bite at Chemours apple

Few North Carolinians are likely to criticize state Attorney General Jeff Jackson for pursuing an environmental contamination lawsuit against DuPont and Chemours. They’re easy targets. Yet North Carolina’s Supreme Court will consider in the months ahead whether Jackson has exceeded his authority. The case’s outcome could have significant implications. It could clarify whether state government...

Mitch Kokai
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NC AG sounds alarm on prison phones, genetic data security, and toll scam

At this month’s Council of State meeting, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson talked about his office, which, with the Tennessee AG’s office and 29 other AGs, led a letter to Congress urging them to pass legislation that would allow states to deploy cell phone jamming systems to jails and prisons.

Theresa Opeka

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NC Ag is watching RFK Jr.’s confirmation vote this week for challenges and opportunities

This week's likely vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the US Department of Health and Human Services presents an opportunity and challenge for North Carolina's agriculture industry. As the new Trump administration dawns in Washington, its policies will impact this number one industry in North Carolina, valued at $111.1 billion. 

Katherine Zehnder
Opinion

Rape-kit backlog in focus in governor’s race

A new television ad launched by the Republican Governors Association (RGA)  claims the Attorney General Josh Stein “failed women” by taking years to address nearly 12 thousand untested rape kits across the state that could lead to capturing suspected sexual offenders that were yet to be identified.

Dallas Woodhouse