In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretation of ambiguous laws. The decision will likely have far-reaching effects across the country, from environmental regulation to healthcare costs. By a […]
The North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up this year’s chief work session Thursday after overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, putting a constitutional amendment about citizens and voting on the November ballot and sending to Cooper’s desk many additional bills. But during its two months of work, the Republican-dominated legislature stumbled by failing to pass […]
It was an ear-popping remark to hear Wednesday evening at GLOW Academy: “We can’t build our way out of this.” Terri Burhans, community development network officer of the New Hanover County Community Endowment, was speaking to a packed house of community members, county and city leaders, as well as endowment board members. It was the […]
The new cost projections on the next two Guilford County Schools construction projects being considered came in radically higher — a total of up to $110 million more combined — than the initial ones five years ago. Architects for the two projects summarized their assessments of the schools, Lindley Elementary and Archer Elementary, and their […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday sided with a local ordinance in Oregon that effectively bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, and local governments will be allowed to enforce those laws. In a 6-3 decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the opinion that the enforcement of those local laws that regulate camping on public property does […]
Just as in Marvel comics, when a superhero summons the team with the “Avengers assemble!” rallying cry, one member of the national disability rights group ADAPT put out a call — and advocates from across the country responded with collective force. This past week, people with disabilities from Minnesota, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Kansas and other […]
State regulators have canceled the 2024 recreational flounder fishing season, citing continued overfishing of the fishery. The move has angered many recreational fishermen, who are now courting legislators in Raleigh. With flounder off the fishing table for the time being, North Carolina’s recreational fishermen are turning to legislators in Raleigh to see about winning permission […]
Residents of five mobile home parks in Buncombe and Henderson counties rely on water systems that exceed the limit of PFAS compounds, known as forever chemicals, putting them at greater risk of cancer and other illnesses. Two of the parks had nearly double the limit of the compounds allowed in drinking water – 4 parts […]
A logging project in Macon and Jackson Counties has been dropped after conservation groups filed a lawsuit earlier this year. The Southside Project, which sits near Cashiers, has been a point of discussion since at least 2015. The final decision on the project was released in 2019 and the logging rights for part of the […]
A National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration proposal would require many recreational boats along the East Coast to travel at just 10 knots for up to 90 miles from shore to protect the Right whale. “This is asking boaters to go the speed of a bicycle, for any boat over 35 feet,” said Frank Hugelmeyer, President of […]
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a controversial proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis in exchange for protecting the family that owns the company from future lawsuits. The justices ruled that U.S. bankruptcy code does not allow a court to shield […]
North Carolina’s contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing became law on Thursday after GOP lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by the state’s Democratic governor. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-13 override vote along party lines. The state House initiated the process Wednesday when it voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto […]
Cumberland County Schools Associate Superintendent of Business Operations Jay Toland gave school board members a harsh reality check Thursday morning. “Currently, we are operating at a structural deficit,” Toland said during a special work session held at Fayetteville Technical Community College. “And what that means is that we’re using our fund balance to pay for […]
Faced with limited land and soaring property values, Dare County may have limited options to address its housing crisis, Tyler Mulligan, Professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC School of Government, told the Dare County Housing Task Force at its June 25 meeting. “You don’t have a lot of land; you don’t have […]
The U.S. Forest Service has announced it will not harvest timber from a 15-acre patch of North Carolina mountain forest that is the subject of a federal lawsuit. The Forest Service said in a June 21 statement that it would remove the acreage from its Southside Project within the Nantahala National Forest in Jackson County. […]
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