Long-running NC lawsuit over racism and political power to be heard Thursday
A political court case that has stirred controversy for years in North Carolina is back on the docket Thursday, with new arguments in Wake County Superior Court that could have far-reaching implications in state government. The case, filed in 2018 by the NAACP, argues that for years the state legislature...
Wake County judge clears way for public school athletes to profit from Name, Image and Likeness
A Wake County judge cleared for way for public school student-athletes to profit from their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL)Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley ruled from the bench Tuesday granting a motion for preliminary injunction, ABC11 has learned.He directed plaintiffs to prepare an order finding that the General Assembly intended that public school athletes would use their NIL and for the State Board to create rules permitting that use, according to Mike Ingersoll, an attorney with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP. Shirley enjoined the current temporary rule prohibiting NIL for public school athletes, and in its place, ordered that the State...