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Top NC court will not rehear challenge to Greenville red-light cameras

The North Carolina Supreme Court has turned down a request to rehear a case challenging Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program. Plaintiffs had asked the court to revisit the issue of North Carolinians seeking refunds from the government. The high court denied the request without comment in an order issued Thursday.

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Greenville red-light critics seek NC Supreme Court rehearing on refunds

Plaintiffs who lost a state Supreme Court battle against Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program are seeking a rehearing. They ask North Carolina’s high court to revisit the issue of people seeking refunds from the government.

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Unanimous Appeals Court rules against Raleigh police seeking ‘stand-by pay’

A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the city of Raleigh in its dispute with 37 police officers over disputed "stand-by pay." Officers in the city’s selective enforcement and homicide units claimed that they had been passed over for the extra pay. A trial judge disagreed last year and ruled

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GOP leaders cry foul at suggestion taxpayers should pay redistricting ‘special masters’

Following the 2020 census, the Democrat-majority state Supreme Court imposed new maps drawn by “special masters.” A document filed in Superior Court lays out fees submitted by the special masters and their assistants. It shows $195,138.39 for eight days of work.

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Redistricting legal battle could feature new fight over special masters’ fees

North Carolina’s most recent legal conflict over election maps could produce a new dispute involving fees for court-appointed special masters. A filing Tuesday at the N.C. Supreme Court signaled that possibility. Phillip Strach, an attorney representing Republican legislative leaders, filed a motion with the state’s highest court. He asked justices to extend briefing deadlines by...

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Three-judge panel upholds new N.C. legislative maps, redraws congressional map

A bipartisan unanimous three-judge panel has upheld newly drawn maps for North Carolina’s legislative elections. But the same panel has rejected a revised map for congressional elections. In place of a remedial congressional map drawn by the Republican-led General Assembly, the judges substituted their own map for the 2022 congressional elections. A panel of three...

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