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Groups File Lawsuit Over North Carolina ‘Anti-Whistleblower’ Law

Animal-rights, food-safety and other groups sued this week to stop a new North Carolina law that helps employers punish people who get hired to steal company secrets or dig up dirt. The federal lawsuit was filed by People for the …

North Carolina Insurance Head Urges Lawmakers Not to Cut Driver’s Ed Funding

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has spoken out against a proposal by state lawmakers to eliminate funding for driver education through public high schools as a way to help close a deficit in the state budget. The proposal was …

North Carolina Lawmakers Approve School District Lawsuit Moratorium

School districts in North Carolina may soon be barred for five years from suing their counties over the amount of funding they receive under a new provision approved by the state Senate. The Senate passed on July 22 a bill …

North Carolina Looks to Regulate Zip Lines, Carnival Rides

North Carolina lawmakers want the state Department of Labor to study zip line safety following a fatal accident at a YMCA camp in the mountains last month. The bill was amended recently after a 12-year-old girl died when she fell …

North Carolina Legislators Override Governor’s Veto of Workplace Activity Bill

The North Carolina General Assembly cancelled Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill designed to give employers in the state legal recourse against people who deliberately get jobs to steal company secrets or record purported maltreatment at farms or factories. …