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A Missouri family's faith was restored late last week after one good Samaritan helped change the course of what was a tragic week.

Attorneys with both the ACLU and Institute for Justice have filed briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight with North Carolina's top health official.

State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is responding to legal arguments at the N.C. Supreme Court from owners of Ace Speedway. In a brief filed Monday, Kinsley urges the state’s highest court again to end a lawsuit challenging the speedway’s forced shutdown in 2020.

The N.C. Supreme Court issued orders Monday allowing attorneys from both the ACLU and Institute for Justice to file briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight against the state’s top health official. State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is urging the high court to reverse the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel ruled in August 2022 that speedway owners could pursue a lawsuit against Kinsley over a forced shutdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A group representing North Carolina’s county health directors is supporting the state’s top health official in a legal battle at the N.C. Supreme Court. The case pits Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley against owners of Alamance County-based Ace Speedway.

Bar owners seeking money from the state because of forced COVID-19 shutdowns are turning to a recent N.C. Appeals Court decision for support. A brief filed Monday on behalf of the bar owners repeatedly cites the court’s ruling favoring racetrack owners in a separate COVID shutdown dispute.

The state’s top health official is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to reverse a unanimous Appeals Court ruling against him. Appellate judges determined that owners of an Alamance County racetrack could sue the official over a COVID-related shutdown in 2020.

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A Henderson County commissioner is taking legal action against Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking to end his emergency COVID-19 executive orders. The lawsuit was filed May 28 by attorneys Chuck Kitchen, of Raleigh, and Lydia Boesch, of Pinehurst, on behalf of Freedom Matters NC of Moore County, and Rebecca and Cortney McCall of Henderson County. Rebecca McCall is vice-chair of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners. Cortney McCall is her...