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The owner of a former Charlotte tire factory is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to consider a dozen lawsuits related to alleged asbestos exposure.
Published: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 4:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a multi-year Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2024 @ 12:26 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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RALEIGH: On November 3, Governor Cooper sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan strongly urging EPA to reverse the decision to allow the import of waste material containing GenX to the Chemours facility in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 12:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A new court filing at the N.C. Supreme Court suggests former top state political donor Greg Lindberg owes creditors $1.9 billion or more.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 6:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former top N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg is asking the state Supreme Court to block an Appeals Court ruling against him. The case is linked to breach of contract and fraud charges related to Lindberg's insurance businesses.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 9:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After months of delays, a barrier wall at the Chemours Fayetteville Works Site in Bladen County is complete, according to The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ).
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Appeals Court has affirmed a trial judge's ruling against former top N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg in a case involving insurance companies he purchased in 2014.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 7:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twitter asked a court on Thursday to stop a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order concerning the social media platform’s privacy and security practices, citing allegations that an independent auditor felt pressured by the federal agency to dig up “negative'” information.
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 5:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Five governments spent vast resources undertaking a tax evasion probe. They came up empty—then, it seems, they decided to smear an innocent man.
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 9:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a first of its kind National Primary Drinking Water Regulation at a press conference in Wilmington on Tuesday. The regulation applies to six PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as “forever chemicals” that can be found in drinking water.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For the second time in two years, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office, led by Sheriff Garry McFadden, is being sued over delays in processing concealed-handgun and pistol-purchase permit applications.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Democrats filed an emergency motion to stay federal Judge James Dever’s decision last week to order the North Carolina State Board of Elections to place the Green Party’s candidates on the ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Green Party and N.C. State Board of Elections have not reached a deal on resolving the Greens' federal lawsuit against the board.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case could issue an order as early as three weeks compelling the General Assembly to fully fund a court-ordered plan drawn up by California-based consultants.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 9:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican budget writers in the General Assembly are bristling after the judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case set an arbitrary deadline of Oct. 18 for lawmakers to fund the court-ordered plan.
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2021 @ 4:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Superior Court Judge David Lee, the presiding jurist in the decades-long Leandro lawsuit, said at a hearing Tuesday, April 13 that he won’t tell lawmakers how to spend money on public education.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A plan for North Carolina to provide an opportunity for a sound, basic education to all students now waits with a judge in Superior Court.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A U.S. District Court judge will not permit N.C. election officials to count absentee ballots that lack a witness signature required by law.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the beginning of September, North Carolina got its latest development in the decades’ long Leandro case.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judge David Lee, the overseer of the Leandro case, approved a plan Tuesday, Sept. 1, calling for millions more in education spending to meet North Carolina’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound, basic education to every child.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday the State Board of Education and members of Governor Cooper’s administration submitted an action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee as part of the ongoing work to ensure the state is compliant with the constitutional requirements of the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Leandro v. State of North Carolina casts a long shadow over the public schools in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 11:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On January 21, Eric Davis, chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education distributed a memo to selected organizations titled “Invitation to Submit Recommended Priorities in Response to WestEd Report (WER) in Leandro.”
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Many North Carolinians assume that the elected superintendent of public instruction is the head of the state's public schools.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2020 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Deanna Ballard, R-Watauga, wants the presiding judge in the Leandro case to share his perspective on education policy before the Senate Education Committee.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this week, Judge David Lee convened a status conference with the plaintiffs and defendants from the ongoing Leandro v. State of North Carolina lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 9:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In December, Judge David Lee released recommendations developed by a private consultant (WestEd) to ensure the state complies with its obligation to provide all children the opportunity to a sound, basic education.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The long-running Leandro case hasn’t led to a constitutional bombshell — as some experts feared — but, after years of waiting, presiding Judge David Lee has finally set the stage for action.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 9:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge David Lee released a consultant’s report that recommended spending another $8 billion over eight years to ensure the state complies with the constitutional requirement to provide all children an opportunity to receive a sound, basic education.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 12:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Prior to April 2019, Duke Energy had agreed with the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to close and excavate all but nine of its 31 coal-ash basins.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 4:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Education stakeholders have long puzzled over how to implement the standards laid out in the decades-old Leandro case.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 6:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Court Gives the State More Time to Pay $730 Million Judgment in Lawsuit over School Technology FundsA Wake County Superior Court judge signed a consent order giving the state more time to pay a nearly $730 million judgment in a lawsuit over school technology funds
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser approved a consent order Monday holding the Chemours chemical manufacturer accountable for release of GenX and other PFAS emerging contaminants which have polluted the Cape Fear River Basin and surrounding groundwater.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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