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A state senator tried without success Wednesday to get Gov. Roy Cooper’s nominee for state controller to answer “yes” or “no” on three questions. Each stemmed from the same query: Would he go along with a court order to transfer money out of the state treasury in the Leandro school-funding legal dispute?

Editor's note: This story was updated at 5:20 p.m. with additional background. The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in late August in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. An order issued Wednesday spells out the schedule for the state’s highest court to address the latest Leandro disputes. The order signed by Justice Sam

Advocates for hundreds of millions of new dollars in court-ordered N.C. education spending are renewing their appeals to the N.C. Supreme Court. Two filings Thursday urge the state’s highest court to take its next step in the long-running Leandro lawsuit.

Lawyers from the N.C. Justice Department are asking the state’s highest court to speed up its review of recent developments in a long-running school funding lawsuit. A brief filed Friday at the N.C. Supreme Court asks justices to restart the clock for lawyers working on the case known as Leandro.

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Debt advisory committee calls for $100M in support of North Carolina pensions by Nyamekye Daniel, The Center Square  | February 25, 2021 11:00 AM Print this article North Carolinas Debt Affordability Advisory Committee approved a draft Wednesday of its 2021 debt affordability study, which calls for maintaining the states 4% borrowing cap and setting aside more funding for state pension systems. The committee, chaired by State Treasurer Dale Folwell, monitors ...