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Mitch Kokai

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mitch Kokai

    Locke backs Alaska group’s SCOTUS petition on donor privacy (opens the original)

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    The John Locke Foundation is supporting an Alaska group’s petition to the US Supreme Court. The case addresses a state government agency’s attempt to force Alaska Policy Forum to reveal its donors. The policy group’s legal issues started after it published press releases, a blog post, and a video about ranked-choice voting ahead of a 2020 Alaska election that featured a ballot measure on that topic. A complaint to the Alaska Public Offices Commission prompted that agency to determine that Alaska

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mitch Kokai

    NC federal judge won’t throw out government suit against landlords (opens the original)

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    A federal judge has denied multiple requests to throw out a lawsuit North Carolina, nine other states, and the federal government filed against landlords accused of using the RealPage software to keep rents high. US District Judge William Osteen issued a 71-page order Wednesday denying five motions to dismiss from RealPage, along with Camden Property Trust, Pinnacle Property Management Services, and Willow Bridge Property Company. Those defendants remain in the case after the governments reached

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mitch Kokai

    Stein urges Appeals Court to reject bar owners’ appeal (opens the original)

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    Lawyers for Gov. Josh Stein are asking North Carolina’s second-highest court to deny an appeal from bar owners challenging government orders that forced their businesses to remain closed during the COVID pandemic. The bar owners seek to force depositions from former Gov. Roy Cooper and his top health official. They also want to resolve the issue of the governor’s liability before addressing the details of the COVID shutdowns’ impact on individual businesses. Superior Court Judge Edwin Wilson rej

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mitch Kokai

    NC Labor files emergency court petition in dispute with fired employee (opens the original)

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    The North Carolina Department of Labor has filed an emergency petition with the state’s second-highest court in a dispute with a fired worker. The department argues that the case could help provide guidance to all “newly-elected Council of State officials.” Without action from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the Labor Department could be forced to create a new job for its former employee while the court battle continues. The dispute pits DOL against Beth Benson, “a state employee who has wo

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Mitch Kokai

    Lassiter considers second lawsuit against Wake County schools (opens the original)

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    A former Wake County school principal is considering filing a second lawsuit against the school system. Scott Lassiter believes Wake school leaders are using a “$68,000 price tag” to block him from accessing public records he requested as part of his initial suit against the school board. Lassiter filed an amended complaint Monday in federal court. A news release Tuesday indicated that he is considering filing a new action in state court against the Wake County Public School System. The amended

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