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Appeals Court considers lawsuit challenging Cooper team’s 2020 racetrack shutdown

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.

Mitch Kokai · Opinion, PoliticsMarch 10, 2022

Appeals Court won’t force N.C. regulators to permit new solar plant

The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed state regulators' ruling against a proposed solar energy plant for North Carolina. Appellate judges accepted regulators' argument that the plant would have forced overly costly upgrades to the state's electric grid.

Donna King · Opinion, PoliticsJanuary 19, 2022