RALEIGH - A North Carolina Business Court judge denied the State Health Plan’s emergency request to temporarily block Atrium Health’s new cost-sharing program, leaving the program on track to begin Jan. 1 while the underlying lawsuit continues.
RALEIGH - The North Carolina State Health Plan and Treasurer Brad Briner have sued Atrium Health, asking a Wake County judge to block a new cost-sharing program before 2027 open enrollment.
RALEIGH - Three North Carolina civil legal aid organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging provisions of the 2026 state budget that redirect revenue from a court-created legal services program and limit which groups may receive remaining grants.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Friday that he is challenging a presidential executive order on mail-in voting, arguing the order could interfere with how states administer elections and put some absentee ballots at risk. In the release, Jackson said the order could affect hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who vote by mail, including active-duty military members and voters casting ballots after disasters.
Raleigh, NC – Justice Allison Riggs asked the Wake County Superior Court to reject Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin’s “fatally flawed” lawsuits that would disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters, including military service members and their families.
RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Dena King filed a federal lawsuit against Benson I. Ejindu for allegedly submitting false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. Attorney General Jackson and U.S. Attorney King are seeking more than $5.5 million in damages plus substantial additional civil penalties.
The Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, and two local GOP officials are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in three lawsuits challenging the state’s new election law.
The judge overseeing North Carolina's long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit signaled Friday that he will produce an order next week calling for additional state education spending.
The legal fight over North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program focuses now on whether a single judge or a three-judge panel should hear the case. Lawyers for the state and the scholarships' parent supporters have filed new briefs supporting the three-judge option.
Two years after Gov. Roy Cooper's administration shut down an Alamance County racetrack during the height of the COVID-19 scare, the track's owners continue a legal fight against the state.