/tags/drug-trafficking Drug Trafficking en-US Copyright Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:11:07 GMT /news/2021-04-15/do-drug-cartels-operate-in-north-carolina-in-wake-of-chaotic-shooting-we-ask-an-expert When Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson described last week’s shootout that killed a Union County charter school teacher, he referenced Mexican drug cartels and called the incident “almost like an old Western shootout." Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:11:07 GMT /news/2021-04-15/do-drug-cartels-operate-in-north-carolina-in-wake-of-chaotic-shooting-we-ask-an-expert Catherine Welch /law/2020-10-22/just-over-the-line-tackles-sentencing-disparities-in-nc-counties What’s the difference between committing the same non-violent crime in one North Carolina county and another? For Daniel Noell, a homeless man convicted… Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:03:41 GMT /law/2020-10-22/just-over-the-line-tackles-sentencing-disparities-in-nc-counties Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /politics/2019-10-25/lawmakers-push-to-loosen-mandatory-minimums-amid-budget-stalemate Exhausted by the longest legislative session since 2001, state lawmakers are pushing through piecemeal spending measures as the full budget sits in the… Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:46:53 GMT /politics/2019-10-25/lawmakers-push-to-loosen-mandatory-minimums-amid-budget-stalemate Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-25/lawmakers-push-to-loosen-mandatory-minimums-amid-budget-stalemate Exhausted by the longest legislative session since 2001, state lawmakers are pushing through piecemeal spending measures as the full budget sits in the… Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:46:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-25/lawmakers-push-to-loosen-mandatory-minimums-amid-budget-stalemate Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /law/2016-01-06/wake-county-sheriff-to-hire-three-new-drug-investigators Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison plans to hire three new investigators to halt the increase of heavy drugs circulating in the area. At this week's… Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:07:54 GMT /law/2016-01-06/wake-county-sheriff-to-hire-three-new-drug-investigators Rebecca Martinez