N.C. Department of Correction# Moses (left) and Moseley are appealing their sentences under the RJA. A Forsyth County judge ruled Thursday that the N.C. General Assembly acted within the bounds of the state constitution when it crafted and passed the 2009 Racial Justice Act. The controversial law allows defendants who may receive or have received […]
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McKissick named chairman of N.C. Legislative Black Caucus
Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr. Sen. Floyd McKissick (D-Durham) earned two top leadership positions at the N.C. General Assembly this week. He has been named chairman of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus and Deputy Democratic Leader of the N.C. Senate with Sen. Linda Garrou (D-Forsyth) and Sen. Don Vaughan (D-Guilford). As chairman of the N.C. Legislative […]
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House Dems challenge bill to block health care reform; House could vote Wednesday
Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange) House Democrats held a press conference Monday afternoon to challenge a bill filed late last week by House Republicans, including Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam and Rep. Tom Murry of Wake County, to block last year’s federal health care reform law. The federal law, which is being challenged by 26 states and […]
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House Dems challenge bill to block health care reform; House could vote Wednesday
Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange) House Democrats held a press conference Monday afternoon to challenge a bill filed late last week by Republicans, including Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam and Rep. Tom Murry of Wake County, to block last year’s federal health care reform law. The federal law, which is being challenged by 26 states and may […]
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The Racial Justice Act: GOP could repeal or amend landmark legislation
It was a crisp morning in January. The sky, choked with heavy gray clouds, would soon dump wet snowflakes onto North Raleigh roads. Still, more than 100 congregants lined the benches of the Beth Meyer Synagogue for the usual Saturday service, and for something even more extraordinaryto meet a former death row prisoner exonerated after […]
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K&L Gates in the headlines
With a roster of more than 1,700 attorneys working fervently on Capitol Hill, in communities around the globe, the K&L Gates name is always in the news. Its prominent attorneys, which include former congressmen, governors and even former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, are cited widely on regulatory issues, including the foreclosure crisis and campaign […]
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How many ways has K&L Gates touched you today?
Investigate more Google Map The K&L Gates landscape, shaping Durham’s future Flowchart Who’s who in the K&L Gates world, including campaign contributions In the headlines What does K&L Gates have to do with World Wrestling Entertainment, the film Gasland and a ferry that dumps coal ash into Lake Michigan? Timeline A brief and tortured history […]
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Google Map: The K&L Gates landscape
Attorneys from K&L Gates have helped developers reshape Durham, transforming large tracts in the city and county into shopping centers, businesses and housing. These are just a few of the firm’s recent cases in Durham County. Blue points are completed or under way Red points are on hold or inactive Source: Durham City-County Planning Department, […]
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Durham county attorney asks for dismissal of 751 South lawsuit, saying plaintiffs didn’t serve defendants in time
After two month-long delays, Durham’s county attorney filed a response today to a lawsuit brought against the county and board of commissioners over the validity of the most recent 751 South protest petition. (PDF) Durham County Attorney Lowell Siler filed a motion to dismiss the case on grounds that attorneys for the plaintiffs in the […]
