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A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked enforcement of parts of a trial judge's recent order that demanded $1.75 billion in state taxpayer

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked enforcement of parts of a trial judge’s recent order that demanded $1.75 billion in state taxpayer funds be spent — without express legislative approval — to address public education inequities. The majority on a three-judge panel sided with a request by State Controller Linda ...

The Appellate Mediation Project was established in 2002.  

Will Martin felt a certain kinship when he first met Burt Kordamiri, who opened Italian Pizza Pub in Johnson City in the 1980s. Kordamiri reminded Martin of his father-in-law John Arrowood, who died in January 2020. There were similarities in their mannerisms, and they were both meticulous businessmen. “They started out at very similar times in their lives, ran great businesses, built great brands,” Martin said. Will and his wife Stacy opened the Johnson City location of Peggy Ann Bakery just down the road from the Italian Pizza Pub in September 2019. Stacy’s grandparents, Bill...

GARY ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed Black partygoer after reporting "hoodlums" in the neighborhood. A majority on a state Court of Appeals panel left intact  the first-degree murder conviction of 43-year-old Chad Cameron Copley, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole.  Copley killed 20-year-old Kourey Thomas in August 2016 as Thomas left a late-night gathering near the curb in front of Copley's house in Raleigh, according to authorities.  Cople...