Lawsuits to keep an eye on in 2017
With the New Year less than a week away, legal experts and advocates are planning to keep an eye on litigation likely to make an impact in 2017. Below are just some of the lawsuits they expect will be... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Did someone call for brawls at the malls?
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 29, 2016. Mall brawls, it appears, are a thing now. A short-lived thing, we hope. We were surprised to see a large fight break out Monday at Cross Creek... Read More
Not a full democracy
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 29, 2016. North Carolina ranks with authoritarian states and pseudo-democracies in terms of electoral integrity, a UNC-Chapel Hill political science... Read More
More trouble for Charlotte School of Law
The American Bar Association reports that: Two students filed a $5 million class action lawsuit Friday against Charlotte School of Law and its parent company, Infilaw. The complaint … accuses the... Read More
Walden: North Carolina's growth to continue in 2017
by Michael Walden, NC State professor of Economics, published in The Charlotte Observer, December 28, 2016 N.C. State University economist Michael Walden predicts that the state will pull further... Read More
Senate confirmation won't weaken Cooper's cabinet
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, December 27, 2016. Gov.-elect Roy Cooper is assembling a talented team to lead various state agencies despite a new law that requires confirmation by the state Senate of all... Read More
Board of Education to challenge law shifting power to Superintendent
The State Board of Education said Wednesday that it will challenge a law passed two weeks ago that shifts some power from the board to the state superintendent of public instruction. The board met... Read More
Spotlight turns to state courts
One key consequence of the 2016 elections in North Carolina was that the state’s court system drew a great deal of attention. You can expect that attention to continue, and perhaps to lead to... Read More
GOP can't blame Dems for HB2 failure
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 23, 2016. Everyone expected the General Assembly to repeal HB2, the "bathroom law" that demands that transgender people who look like women go into men's... Read More
McCrory addresses failed special session
by Matt Caulder, NC Capitol Connection, December 22, 2016. Gov. Pat McCrory addressed the outcome of the special session intended to repeal HB 2 yesterday, which ended with HB 2 still in place, in a... Read More
