Local courts

Dutch court shoots down plan using paintball guns on wolves

By MOLLY QUELLNovember 30, 2022 GMT

THE HAGUE (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a plan to control the country’s growing wolf population by shooting at the animals with paintball guns to scare them away from people.

A local court ruled that officials had not justified their decision to use the novel approach as a safe way to teach the wolves to stay out of populated areas.

Court in Tennessee receives grant to curb evictions

June 2, 2022 GMT

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The National Center for State Courts has awarded a court in Tennessee a grant to help improve housing stability and prevent evictions.

According to a news release, Hamilton County's General Sessions Court is one of 13 state and local courts to receive the funding from the nonprofit court organization.

NC appeals judges vacate removal order of local court clerk

February 1, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trial judge's 2020 order removing an elected court clerk from the job in a central North Carolina county was vacated Tuesday by a state appeals court, which raised procedural and constitutional questions about the sanction.

All Arizona counties covered by new eviction moratorium

August 4, 2021 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — High rates of COVID-19 transmission across all Arizona counties means that a new evictions moratorium issued by President Joe Biden effectively applies to the entire state.

The narrower 60-day ban was announced Tuesday after the previous federal moratorium expired over the weekend.

Judge: N.C. county can’t ban all protests around courthouse

August 15, 2020 GMT

GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a central North Carolina county can't bar all protests around the local courthouse, including near where a Confederate monument stands, a federal judge has ruled...