North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide in the weeks ahead whether Smithfield Foods’ $12 million in payments to the state since 2019 will head to public schools. A trial judge ruled in 2024 that the money should fund schools rather than remain with an environmental grant program run by the state attorney general.
Here’s what really gets me, as the head of NC Citizens for HOA Reform: I keep hearing the same horror stories over and over. Just last week, another family called about losing their home over a $300 landscaping fine that snowballed into thousands in legal fees. HOA disputes aren’t just about unmowed lawns anymore —...
The North Carolina attorney general’s office is defending its 25-year-old multimillion-dollar environmental grant program funded by Smithfield Foods. A Wake County judge ruled last year that $12 million from the fund should head to public schools.
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.
They may regret inhibiting our system of checks and balances should the tables one day turn, with a Republican state attorney general unable to check a Democrat president with an active pen.
Republicans in the North Carolina Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that restricts the state attorney general from participating in legal actions aimed at challenging executive orders issued by the President of the United States.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined Democrats serving as AG in 17 other states and the District of Columbia in a new federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
The Democratic candidate for governor has chosen to revive an issue that raises questions about the attorney general's office dating back 28 years.
This high-profile race has allowed many to stand up and be heard on a criminal justice and policing system they believe is failing law-abiding citizens.
A 2019 state law dictates that an annual payment to the state from Smithfield Foods should support environmental enhancements in public schools.
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.
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