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Court says student can sue over impact of teacher assault on education
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (436+ words) A lawsuit can move forward against the Alamance-Burlington school board over the way it handled a teacher’s alleged assault of a student in 2022. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday that the student could try to prove that the board’s…...
Stein, Scott make case for federalism
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1192+ words) North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Democrat and Republican, respectively, used a bipartisan National Governors Association town hall to make a case for a constitutional division of power between Washington and the states, pointing to…...
Top NC court says suit over private school expulsions can proceed
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1188+ words) Listen to this story (16 minutes) The North Carolina Supreme Court will allow parents Doug and Nicole Turpin to proceed with their lawsuit against Charlotte Latin School over the 2021 expulsion of the Turpins’ two children. It’s a case that attracted attention…...
Top NC court upholds conviction tied to cannabis odor again
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1298+ words) The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a conviction in a Mecklenburg County case involving a defendant whose arrest was linked to authorities detecting cannabis odor. Friday’s unanimous decision in State v. Schiene marked the court’s third decision this year…...
Walsh named GOP nominee for NC House District 117, replacing Balkcom
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (656+ words) Chelsea Walsh will replace Rep. Jennifer Balkcom as the Republican nominee for North Carolina House District 117 after Balkcom was selected Monday as the GOP nominee for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Walsh was chosen on the second ballot Thursday night after…...
Should overpass protesting be prohibited? Legal analysts weigh in.
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (664+ words) When Carolina Journal analyzed crash data surrounding recurring protests on a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 40 in Durham, the findings raised serious public-safety concerns. “We had one instance about a month ago where a man in a white pickup truck was…...
Prysmian plans $1B expansion in Catawba County, promises 385 jobs
2+ day, 12+ min ago (281+ words) On Aug. 12, Gov. Josh Stein announced that Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC has committed to investing over $1 billion to expand its fiber and glass manufacturing facility in Catawba County, which is expected to create 385 jobs. “This billion-dollar investment is…...
Cooper deposition motion labeled ‘extreme’ in COVID bar shutdown case
2+ day, 22+ min ago (1571+ words) Listen to this story (15 minutes) 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…...
Poll: Most parents back school-choice tax credit, few have heard of it
2+ day, 58+ min ago (837+ words) A large majority of American school parents support the new federal school-choice tax credit that North Carolina opted into this spring, but most have heard little or nothing about it just months before the program launches, a new national survey…...
Stein, legislative leaders to clash in top NC court on Nov. 10
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1607+ words) Listen to this story (22 minutes) Gov. Josh Stein and state legislative leaders will offer competing arguments on Nov. 10 before North Carolina’s highest court. The Democratic governor and top Republican lawmakers are battling over state laws that limited Stein’s appointment authority....