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A person arrested for a noncapital criminal offense usually has a right to pretrial release upon the setting of reasonable conditions. Pretrial release is generally ordered by a magistrate at a defendant’s initial appearance. While the North Carolina General Statutes provide general rules for considering the pretrial release of a defendant for most offenses, there are some requirements...

For years, home builders have been pushing to exempt their real property inventory from property taxes in the same fashion that personal property inventory held by traditional merchants and manufacturers is exempt under Chapter 105, Sections 275(32a), (33), and (34) of the North Carolina General Statutes (hereinafter G.S.).

Home builders got their wish, sort of, for a few years. In 2010...

Many local governments are recognizing the importance of building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces and communities. Municipal and county administrators and elected officials are increasingly interested in learning about the steps they can take and the steps other local governments are taking. In response, the coauthors conducted a study to understand how North Carolina local...

Local government managers know that management is never easy. In recent years, however, they have faced situations in which “never easy” has become “almost impossible.” Job turnover and workforce transformation, social unrest, natural disasters, and a global pandemic have presented substantial new challenges. Proactive public managers need to prepare their organizations to handle unexpected...