Superior Court

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has decided not to appeal a trial court's decision to dismiss one of his legal challenges against state Republican legislative leaders. The court's decision focused on a provision in a broader state law that said Stein does not have the authority to appoint his own State Highway Patrol Commander.

A panel of North Carolina trial judges dismissed Democratic Gov. Josh Stein's case against GOP legislative leaders over the issue of who gets to appoint and remove the State Highway Patrol commander.

North Carolina trial judges have permanently blocked new membership formats for two state boards from being carried out. But they also ruled that the makeups of five other commissions can stand.

Supporters of private school vouchers are trying to put the state’s program back on course. Attorneys are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to…