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Prior to Erwin, there was a colonial-era settlement in the area known as "Averasboro". The Battle of Averasborough was fought nearby during the American Civil War.In 1902, the Duke family built the Erwin Cotton Mill, which closed on December 1, 2000, due to the North American Free Trade Agreement increasing the labor costs of the mill workers, leaving Swift Textiles to relocate the mill's ...
The North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association proposed reforms which were adopted in 2005. [2] The purpose of these reforms was to simplify, modernize, and make technical changes to the existing land use and planning laws. [2] The reform bills were sponsored by state Senator Daniel G. Clodfelter and Representative Lucy T ...
A sundown town is an all-White community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-Whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting harassment.
A handful of laws that the NC legislature passed take effect Monday. Here are highlights of some of these laws, including one that pauses the automatic removal of charges from people’s criminal ...
New North Carolina laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, affecting elections, porn site age verification, fees for late audits, and more. We’ve got details.
Here’s what to know about new alcohol laws in North Carolina. Social districts. Among the most notable changes to N.C. ABC law was the authorization of social districts, or places where people ...
The Constitution of North Carolina is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the General Assembly, published in the North Carolina Session Laws, and codified in the North Carolina General Statutes.
In Japan, ordinances (条例, jōrei) may be passed by any prefecture or municipality under authority granted by Article 94 of the Constitution.. There must generally be a statutory basis for an ordinance, the ordinance must be in compliance with any overlapping statutes (although it may impose a stricter standard or penalty), and the ordinance must be related to the affairs of the local ...