The state Supreme Court will take another look at a 29-year-old court case dealing with state education funding.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 12:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Leandro plaintiffs are asking the state Supreme Court to reject a petition from state legislative leaders. Top lawmakers want the high court to take another look at the long-running education funding lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers for state legislative leaders have signaled they intend to seek another state Supreme Court review of the Leandro education funding case.
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top N.C. legislative leaders are appealing the latest ruling in the long-running Leandro education funding case to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge James Ammons has ordered $677 million in additional state spending to address obligations related to the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 1:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The judge in the long-running Leandro education funding case could set the state's funding obligation between $376 million and $677 million.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The new judge in North Carolina's Leandro education funding case could issue a ruling on a new spending order within three weeks.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 3:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled what he called his “First in Opportunity” budget at a press conference Wednesday, proposing to spend $32.95 billion in the first year of the biennium and $34.23 billion in the second year.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders call for new Leandro Judge James Ammons to slice the state's education spending obligation from $677 million to $377 million.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New Leandro Judge James Ammons has confirmed his next hearing Friday will focus solely on the state's outstanding education funding obligations.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Cooper released his budget recommendations earlier today.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper today highlighted his recommended investments in schools, teachers and families with visits to Scurlock Elementary School in Hoke County and Northern Guilford High School in Guilford County.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 7:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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Plaintiffs and the N.C. Justice Department both object to new motions at the N.C. Supreme Court in the Leandro education funding lawsuit. The motions ask the court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state controller and legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme court to reinstate a lower court order blocking a forced money transfer in the Leandro case.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The new judge in North Carolina's long-running Leandro education funding case will hold his first hearing March 10.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 5:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new calculation from N.C. state officials says more than $677 million of a court-ordered Leandro education plan remains unfunded.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a 4-3 party-line vote, with Democrats in the majority, the N.C. Supreme Court is endorsing a court-ordered plan to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state treasury. The money would address the Leandro education funding lawsuit.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a dramatic ruling issued just days before midterm elections, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling and ordered the transfer of millions of dollars to pay for a school improvement plan designed to ensure North Carolina’s school children receive a sound basic education
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fate of hundreds of millions of N.C. taxpayer dollars rests in the hands of state Supreme Court justices. The same is true for the future of separation of powers within state government.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 5:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Leandro case on August 31
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court questioned lawyers on both sides of a dispute over $785 million in additional education spending tied to the Leandro school funding lawsuit.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 6:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A day before Wednesday's arguments in the Leandro case, justices voted along party lines to reject lawmakers' request to drop the plaintiffs Earls represented.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders want one set of Leandro plaintiffs dropped from the current appeal to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 11:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Sen. Amy Galey, R-Alamance, argues that state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls "has no business" taking part in the Leandro school funding case.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 12:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court Justices Phil Berger Jr. and Anita Earls have turned down requests that they recuse themselves from the Leandro education funding case.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 6:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Leandro school funding lawsuit returns to the N.C. Supreme Court Aug. 31 for oral arguments. The case dates back to 1994.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Parties in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit are submitting final briefs ahead of Aug. 31 N.C. Supreme Court oral arguments in the case.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court agrees to extend oral arguments in the Leandro case from 60 minutes to 90 minutes.
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parties in the Leandro school funding lawsuit agree they need more time to argue before the N.C. Supreme Court on Aug. 31.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2022 @ 6:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A lawyer representing a group of N.C. "business leaders" says the group never tried to misrepresent the NC Chamber's support for plaintiffs in the Leandro school funding case.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2022 @ 8:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law label a proposed forced money transfer in the Leandro case "unconstitutional."
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders and Leandro plaintiffs offer contrasting arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court in the latest stage of the long-running education funding lawsuit.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 5:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The acting state controller wants the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a forced money transfer of $785 million for education-related purposes.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs in the Leandro school funding lawsuit want Republican N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. to recuse himself from the case.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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