Greensboro To Take Legal Action Over HB 263
The Greensboro City Council voted 8 to 1 to purse legal action to try to stop a highly contested bill that restructures city government from taking effect.
The vote came after more than two hours of public comments during a specially called meeting attended by more than 200 people.
The law, originally sponsored by Sen. Trudy Wade, reduces the power of the mayor, redistricts the council lines and makes Greensboro the only municipality in the state that requires approval from the legislature to change its structure.
NC Sunday Hunting With Guns Gets OK From McCrory
Gov. Pat McCrory has signed legislation that ends North Carolina's long-standing ban on Sunday hunting with guns.
The governor signed the measure into law Wednesday. The law would still prohibit shooting game between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sundays, when most church services are held. Bow hunting on Sundays already is allowed.
The change takes effect October 1st.
DMV Sells Out Of NC Confederate Battle Flag Plate After Flap
Talk about ending sales of a North Carolina license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag prompted a sales rush that sold out the available stock.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that 152 Confederate flag plates sold out in seven days after Gov. Pat McCrory said North Carolina should stop issuing the tags. State Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Charbonneau says more plates will be available in about 30 days.
Anti-Racism Meeting Planned As Charlotte Police Trial Looms
The Charlotte Observer reports that a meeting Thursday at Sanctuary Charlotte Church seeks to build an interfaith, interracial coalition against racism and injustice.
A rally is planned for Sunday that seeks to unite police and the community groups they've been meeting with since the September 2013 shooting of Jonathan Ferrell. The unarmed black man was shot by a white officer. Randall Kerrick is accused of voluntary manslaughter and is scheduled to go on trial July 20.
NC Man Indicted For Bringing Counterfeit Poker Chips To Tournament
A North Carolina man accused of bringing millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to a tournament in New Jersey has been indicted on theft charges.
Prosecutors say 43-year-old Christian Lusardi, of Fayetteville, also faces charges of trademark counterfeiting and criminal mischief in the indictment handed up Wednesday by an Atlantic County grand jury.
Suspecting his fake chips had been noticed, authorities say Lusardi flushed them down the toilet in his hotel room. But the chips clogged the pipes, and other guests complained that water was dripping into their rooms.
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