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A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of Mocksville in the town’s legal dispute with a fired police officer. The officer had claimed he was dismissed after filing a complaint that he was forced to work while sick with COVID-19.

A North Carolina insurance agent will have to return to court to determine if he or the client acted negligently by failing to disclose details about an

The fee raised roughly $45.7 million over 30 years to help pay for school construction projects.

Property owners challenging school impact fees in Orange County hope the NC Supreme Court will take their case. They’re asking the court to follow the lead of a dissent from the state’s second-highest court.

The N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Orange County might have to refund some challenged school impact fees. The decision offers a potential partial victory to plaintiffs who challenged the fees.

Former U.S. Representative Mark Walker, of Greensboro, is expected to announce his candidacy for governor of North Carolina on May 20th.

The N.C. Appeals Court must decide in the weeks ahead whether Currituck County commissioners misspent tax money raised to boost tourism. The court heard oral arguments Monday in a case challenging Currituck’s use of occupancy tax proceeds. A lower court ruled in favor of the county.

The N.C. Appeals Court will decide in the coming months whether the Harnett County school system must pay $197,000 to resolve a pension-spiking case. An appellate panel heard oral arguments Monday.

Opponents of the way Currituck County uses occupancy tax proceeds offered their final written arguments Monday to the N.C. Court of Appeals. The court will hear oral arguments in the case next week.

The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks ahead whether Orange County will need to repay millions of dollars collected for school impact fees since 2009. Judges heard an hour of oral arguments Tuesday in the case Zander v. Orange County.