The state Supreme will not issue an order blocking its own March 2022 decision in a legal fight over government retiree health benefits. That decision allowed retirees to pursue a lawsuit to restore a discarded premium-free health care option.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Modern day slavery????
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 4:50 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Plaintiffs challenging race-based membership qualifications for Asheville's Human Relations Commission hope to pursue a class action suit.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 9:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of North Carolina's new eCourts digital court records system seek more time to move forward with a class-action suit.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 7:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal class-action lawsuit led by a Cleveland County Emergency Services Worker could head to trial in November 2024. Sixteen plaintiffs to date are challenging the pay schedule the county used from 2015 to 2017.
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 4:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling against investors in a Triangle-based biopharmaceutical company. Pension funds for police and firefighers in San Antonio and El Paso served as lead plaintiffs in the case.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New York City police officers must stop kettling protestors and other “excessive use of force” practices after reaching a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who sued authorities for their response to the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 7:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Government retirees object to a proposed "writ of prohibition" from the N.C. Supreme Court that would stop them from pursuing a class-action lawsuit. The retirees want the state to restore premium-free health benefits they enjoyed before a change in state law in 2011.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Virginia socialite who had recently divorced a federal judge was arrested after allegedly negotiating with an undercover FBI agent to molest an eight-year-old girl and discussing “taboo parenting,” court records show.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 11:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Target investor has sued the retail chain, saying that it misled investors over risks related to its LGBT marketing and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 @ 11:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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Protesters who are eligible for a payout can receive $9,950.
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 @ 5:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lawyers representing the state government health and retirement plans and Treasurer Dale Folwell seek a rare "writ of prohibition" from the N.C. Supreme Court. The writ would block a 2022 ruling linked to government retirees' health benefits.
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 @ 4:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge is allowing a Cleveland County Emergency Medical Services worker to proceed with a potential class-action lawsuit dealing with overtime pay.
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 @ 7:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit dealing with mental health services for foster children.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous U.S. Appeals Court panel has upheld a lower court ruling for WakeMed in a dispute with multiple car crash victims.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Peloton has released an innovative new laundry rack that looks exactly like their original exercise bike, for the low cost of five hundred dollars.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 2:42 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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A federal judge denied Meta’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a trio of adult entertainers who allege that Meta executives, including former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, took bribes from the owner of the site OnlyFans to blacklist its competitors.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a case involving a dispute over N.C. State Health Plan premiums for government retirees.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Footage from the American Conservative Union’s recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Texas was removed from YouTube last week, according to the conservative group.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. attorney general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving disputed premiums for government retirees on the State Health Plan.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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40 mothers file class action lawsuit against her and Arapahoe County Department of Human Services
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 2:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected Raleigh's request to take up a lawsuit challenging city water and sewer fees.
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 2:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Department of Education proposed new regulations on Wednesday to cancel student loans for individuals whose schools closed or who are permanently disabled.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 8:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Three former University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) students did something few accused of sexual assault on college campuses are able to do: Score large settlements from the college or university that defamed them.
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 9:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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Elon Musk tipped his hat to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday as the candidate that he wants to see become the next President of the United States.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2022 @ 11:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Raleigh says the General Assembly granted the city permission in 1949 to charge fees linked to extending and enlarging its water and sewer system.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two new lawsuits challenge the underlying state law that permitted red-light camera enforcement programs.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s Women’s History Month and we have the opportunity to celebrate women and their contribution to society, history, and progress. We have much to celebrate.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 11:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell wants Congress to allow state pension funds to seek damages through U.S. courts. His requested change in federal law could lead to seizure of Russian assets and properties.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 9:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled, 4-2, that 220,000 state government retirees had a contractual right to premium-free health care benefits that had been promised to them. Now a trial court will have to determine whether state changes to those benefits a decade ago violated the contract.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 2:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“I don’t care if white people aren’t comfortable ... I don’t give a s*** if they’re nervous.”
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 4:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect retirement benefits for 222,000 former government workers and surviving spouses.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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