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Larry Chavis, an economics professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill
Larry Chavis was an economics professor at UNC-CH’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. (Photo courtesy UNC)

Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Larry Chavis alleged in a federal lawsuit filed last week that university officials retaliated against him in declining to renew his contract earlier this year. […]

Jeffrey Billman is a politics and law reporter for The Assembly. The former editor-in-chief of INDY in Durham, he holds a master's degree in public policy analysis from the University of Central Florida.

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.