Receive the Morning News Briefs delivered to your email inbox every morning. Click here to sign-up.
City Council Invites Greensboro Residents To Comment On Guns April 3
The City of Greensboro is asking residents to bring their views on guns to a meeting next month.
In an email, the Greensboro City Council asked residents who want to share their “thoughts, opinions and concerns” about guns to attend the April 3rd meeting.
The council notes that this week's Tuesday meeting is for official city business items only.
It also arrives amidst local drama, as some residents are questioning whether the city should continue to allow gun shows at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The city attorney said they could not cancel a show scheduled for August without breaking the law.
The April 3rd meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the City Council Chamber downtown.
North Carolina Law On Judicial Primary Before Appeals Panel
A North Carolina law that cancelled primary elections this year for state judges of all kinds is back in court.
Three judges of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, scheduled oral arguments Tuesday between Democratic Party lawyers who sued over the law and Republican legislative leaders about a lower court ruling.
A U.S. District Court judge in Greensboro had blocked temporarily part of the law that eliminated primary elections for state appellate judges but kept intact the part cancelling primaries for trial judge seats. But a 4th Circuit panel last month allowed the entire law to remain enforceable while the appeals court considered whether she should have issued a preliminary injunction at all.
North Carolina Democrats Talk Up Gun-Law Proposals
Several North Carolina Democratic legislators say gun sales and possession restrictions are "common-sense" ideas Republicans elsewhere already support.
Five House and Senate members held a news conference Monday to unveil ideas they'd like to see their colleagues approve later this spring. The gun proposals are similar to what Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper seeks in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting.
They want legislators to expand background checks now for handgun sales to include assault-style firearms and raise the age to buy those assault weapons to 21. They want a method for a court to remove guns temporarily from people determined to endanger themselves or their community. They also seek more funding for school psychologists and counselors.
Bryant Resigns, Cooper Appoints Her To Parole Commission
A departing North Carolina Democratic legislator is now a state parole board member.
The state Senate received Sen. Angela Bryant's resignation letter Monday, the same day Gov. Roy Cooper announced appointing Bryant to the state Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission.
Bryant said last month she wouldn't seek re-election this fall, citing a redrawn Senate map making her district less favorable to win. Democratic activists in her Rocky Mount-area district will choose someone to complete her Senate term through December.
NC May Test Food Near Chemours Plant For Industrial Chemical
North Carolina officials may ramp up tests to measure how much of a little-studied industrial compound has gotten into food near a chemical plant that's been producing it and related, riskier products for decades.
North Carolina waste management director Michael Scott said Monday environmental officials are discussing whether it's time to test backyard vegetable gardens near the Chemours Co. chemical plant in Bladen County. That's after Dutch researchers reported finding GenX and older, related chemicals in vegetables near a Chemours factory in the Netherlands.
Scott says plant neighbors have also questioned whether there are health risks from eating local fish and venison.
300x250 Ad
300x250 Ad