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Seven more plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit challenging the rollout of North Carolina's new eCourts digital records system. Now nine people are suing over eCourts' impact.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced judicial appointments to North Carolina Superior and District Courts.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 11:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced three judicial appointments to North Carolina District Courts.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 11:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe has asked a federal court to remove him as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new eCourts records management system.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 6:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lee County Sheriff Brian Estes is asking a federal judge to dismiss him as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the rollout of North Carolina's eCourts record management system.
Published: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @ 3:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced two judicial appointments to North Carolina District and Special Superior Courts.
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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Building on the success of a program in Mecklenburg County, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the development of pilot community-based programs to restore the capacity of people who the courts determine are Incapable to Proceed (ITP) to trial.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: ENC NOW
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Ryan Boyce will take over as director of North Carolina’s Administrative Office of the Courts, effective April 4. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby appointed Boyce to the position Friday.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced two judicial appointments to North Carolina Superior and District Courts.
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Governor's Office
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Lawsuits over North Carolina’s new congressional and state legislative maps have been fast-tracked by the courts and will be heard right after the New Year’s Holiday.
Published: Sunday, January 16th, 2022 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Moments after the N.C. State Supreme Court held its formal ceremonial investiture for all newly elected members, Republicans signaled that the extended closures of North Carolina’s judicial branch ordered by former Democrat Chief Justice Cherie Beasley due to COVID-19 can’t continue under the state
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new federal grant will help North Carolina partner with local justice systems — including local law enforcement, courts and others — to prevent opioid overdoses and connect people to treatment.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 8:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to take up Rowan County v. Lund, a North Carolina case that gave the high court the opportunity to uphold its previous rulings pertaining to prayer before public meetings and to clear up conflicting rulings on legislator-led prayer in lower courts
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Some members of the General Assembly seem to think so.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 2:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judges in one of North Carolina's ongoing electoral redistricting fights are explaining why voters will not face special legislative elections before the regularly scheduled 2018 races
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Gov. Roy Cooper announced new appointments to North Carolina Boards and Commissions, including the North Carolina Courts Commission, the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, and the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 @ 9:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Do you keep up with your friends and family by typing personal letters and dropping them in the mailbox? Do you do all your shopping at the mall? When traveling, do you use a pay phone to get directions or to call a taxi?
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has appointed three new judges to preside over North Carolina courts
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2017 @ 10:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Recent debates about the legal challenge of North Carolina's 2013 election law highlight a particularly disturbing feature of present-day political discourse: Pundits and politicians frequently fail to acknowledge the important differences between a policy debate and a legal dispute
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Four convicted murderers were back in court on Thursday in Fayetteville. They were put back on death row in December 2015 after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled their case regarding the Racial Justice Act would go back to the lower courts to be heard again
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I often have wondered how many North Carolinians have taken the time to study or at least generally refer to the North Carolina Constitution
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does our state's constitution mean what it says? That's the question asked by a recent lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court. At issue is the constitutionality of recent changes to how justices are elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The case will not only require our courts to...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory will be appearing on CBS News Sunday Morning on May 24, 2015 to discuss North Carolina's Veterans Treatment Courts.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 1:52 am
By: Chris Downey
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We got a refresher lesson in civics this week; one we hope will stick in our memories for many years.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 9:58 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina's new Chief Justice Mark Martin wants to modernize the state's judicial system technologically as he seeks more stable funding for the courts.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At least two North Carolina magistrates have resigned rather than perform same-sex marriages, citing conflicts with their religious beliefs.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2014 @ 2:42 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This past election brought changes to how government works in North Carolina. Of course, there are still the House and Senate chamber (legislative branch), the Governor's office (executive branch), and the Courts (judicial branch). What happened to each of those is noteworthy.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 1:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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North Carolina's courts have ruled it is legal for local governments to use taxpayer resources to lobby the General Assembly on legislation, and that's exactly what nearly two dozen cities and counties are registered to do as the May 16 legislative short session nears.
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2012 @ 6:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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