RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina civil rights leaders are threatening to sue the state over a recently passed law that allows mostly white communities near Charlotte to create their own
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The City of Winston-Salem is suing opioid distributors and manufacturers. The City Council voted on Monday, March 5, to declare the opioid crisis in the city a public nuisance and
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Forsyth County commissioners voted unanimously during its Feb. 15 meeting to hire lawyers for a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The tactics that big pharmaceutical companies used in marketing
![Voting machines delayed](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/BOE-505x306_c.jpg)
Forsyth BOE begins early general election voting The absence of a State Board of Elections (BOE) is causing a delay
![Letters to the Editor: Industries for the Blind legal battle](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Letter-to-the-Editor1-505x306_c.jpg)
Rights of blind Americans put at risk with judge’s ruling To the Editor: This week, we were able to read
![N.C. NAACP sues three counties alleging voter suppression](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NAACP-505x306_c.jpg)
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE The N.C. NAACP is suing three counties in federal court, alleging that they are
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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE A few weeks ago, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought
![N.C. legislative map trial begins in Raleigh](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nat-news-district-map-trial-505x306_c.jpg)
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. —A federal court ruled two months ago Republican legislators weren’t legally justified