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The NC Court of Appeals is considering whether the Vote Yes Fayetteville voter initiative complied with election laws that govern voter initiatives.

A judge is to hear the case at 10 a.m. Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court.

The Fayetteville City Council voted 6-4 on Monday not to put on the November ballot an initiative that could change the way its members are elected.

Meanwhile, a windfall profits tax would hurt domestic energy production and threaten to result in higher fuel prices.

The validity of a petition asking for a vote on whether to change the way members of the Fayetteville City Council are elected is still in question.

The Vote Yes petition drew the required 5,000 signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot. But they may have missed a crucial step.

While it’s not uncommon to see midterm races decided by older voters, that demographic is especially influential in North Carolina.

AP Photo/Andrew Selsky Do Republicans in Congress really need to sit down and collaborate with their Democratic counterparts on a background check bill? I certainly don’t think so, and the vast majority of GOP congresscritters seem to be opposed to the idea as well, but former Fayetteville, North Carolina city councilman Bobby Hurst has penned an entire column fleshing out his extraordinarily bad idea, arguing that if Republicans don’t give in now, Democrats may pass something even worse. W...