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In This Edition:

  • The state Supreme Court weighs “good moral character”
  • A fight over records from a private security firm in Charlotte
  • Hampton Dellinger abandons Trump suit
  • Asheville Blade reporters try again on First Amendment claim
 A file photo of Maurice Devalle when he worked for the Highway Patrol. (Photo by Casey Mozingo/The Goldsboro News Argus)

The North Carolina Supreme Court is currently considering the case of Maurice Devalle, a former Highway Patrol officer fired for dishonesty and neglect of duty. […]

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.

Anne Blythe, a former reporter for The News & Observer, has reported on courts, criminal justice, and an array of topics in North Carolina for more than three decades.

Carli Brosseau is a K-12 education reporter for The Assembly. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she was an investigative reporter and a ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow.

Sarah Nagem is editor of the Border Belt Independent. She previously worked for The News & Observer and currently attends graduate school at Duke University.