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Legislature Decriminalizes Local Ordinances

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Public Meetings After the Lifting of the State-Level State of Emergency

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Clarification of Rules for Remote Meetings Under State Level State of Emergency: No More Waiting 24 Hours After Public Hearings!

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COVID-19 Updates and News Roundup

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Taking Local Action to Control COVID-19: What Can a North Carolina Local Health Department Do?

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Remote Zoning Hearings during Declared Emergencies

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New Rules for Meetings of Public Bodies During State-Level Declared Emergencies

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Remote Participation in Quasi-Judicial Evidentiary Hearings

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Failures to Vote by Board Members Participating Remotely

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Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency

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Who Appoints City and County Clerks?

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Chapter 160D and Other Zoning Legislation

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What are “Full and Accurate” Minutes?

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Regions, Regions, Regions: Untangling Different Concepts in Social Services Reform

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How to Approve Minutes and General Accounts of Closed Sessions

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Social Services Working Group

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It’s Campaign Season: What Are the Rules About What City and County Officials May Say and Do?

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Prayer at Local Government Meetings: An Evolving Jurisprudence

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Significant Change to North Carolina’s Rabies Law

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Excusing Board Members from Voting on the Budget

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Open Meetings Book: New Edition Now Available

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One Oath or Two? What is THE Oath of Office?

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Post-Election Questions? Blog Posts Have Answers

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The Peaceful and Orderly Transfer of Power: Answers to Questions About Organizational Meetings and Swearing In New Board Members

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Counting the Mayor in Quorum Calculations

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Access to Confidential Client Records by Social Services Governing Boards

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Public Comment Period Policies: What’s Legal?

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The “Government Speech” Doctrine and Local Government Meetings: Can the Government Take Sides?

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Repealing Ordinances

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Voting Rules, Monuments, and Beehives: Miscellaneous Changes to Local Government Laws

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AOC Database is Not Subject to the Public Records Act

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When May a Board Member Change a Vote?

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Removing Members of Appointed Boards

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Donating Property: Beware of Constitutional Constraints

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When Board Members Won’t Talk Back

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What’s a Public Body?

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Voting Rules for Adopting Ordinances

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Polling the Board

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Selecting and Appointing a New City or County Attorney: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Subdivision Plat Approval: What type of decision is it?

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Locally Adopted Voting Rules

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Quorum and Members Who Don’t Vote: The Court of Appeals Weighs In

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Recording Closed Sessions

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Quorum Calculations: The Impact of Vacancies and Members Who Don’t Vote

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Is a Quorum Necessary for a Public Hearing?

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Quick-Reference Guide for Closed Sessions

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Canceling Meetings and Hearings Because of Inclement Weather

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Help! There’s a Lawyer on my Board!

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Approving Minutes of Meetings You Didn’t Attend

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Who We Vote For in North Carolina

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Is the Dog Really “Potentially Dangerous?”

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Do Mayors Have a Duty to Vote?

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Board Members at Candidate Forums: Does the Open Meetings Law Apply?

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Historic Preservation Commission Basics

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Removing an Elected Official by Amotion: Judge Says It Can Be Done

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Remote Participation in Meetings

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Planning Board Basics

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It’s All Relative

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An Update on Recent Changes for Local Human Services Agencies

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Who Controls the Agenda?

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Denying the Manager a New Contract in Closed Session

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Now Therefore, Be It Resolved…

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Criticizing Public Employees in Public

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Unexcused Absences

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Can the Board Go Into a Closed Session to Deliberate a Quasi-Judicial Decision?

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Recent Developments in Organization and Governance of Local Human Services Agencies

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Organization and Governance of Social Services: New Options for Counties

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Closed Session Minutes and General Accounts Under the Public Records Law

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General Assembly Changes County Requirements for Appointing LME Boards

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I Hereby Resign! Wait! I Changed My Mind!

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Board Member Financial Interest: Mapping the Points on the Continuum

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Open Meetings and the Public’s Right to Speak

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Moving a County Courthouse – Moving a County Seat – One In The Same?

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Does the Board Have to Approve This?

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Repealing a City Charter

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Filling a Vacancy on the Town Council

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Open Meetings and Confidential Taxpayer Information

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Calculating Majorities

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About Town Administrators

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Individual Board Member Access to Email

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Getting Your Message Across: What Can Public Officials Say In Support of Pending Policies or Proposals?

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Wearing Several Hats: Multiple and Ex Officio Office-Holding

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Preserving Minutes and Other Permanent Records

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Holding Over After Your Term Ends (revisited)

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Answers to Questions About Committees

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What’s a “Public Office”?

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The ABCs of ABC Boards

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Holding Over After Your Term Ends

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Powers of Mayors

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Who Needs Minutes?

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What Happens in Closed Session, Stays in Closed Session…Or Does It?

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Proxy Voting

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Binding Future Boards

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Oaths of Office: How Many and By Whom?

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Lame Ducks and Members-Elect: What Can They Do After the Election and Before Swearing In?

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Signing Minutes and Ordinances

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I Second that Amotion

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Voting by the mayor pro-tem

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Board Members Who Serve on Nonprofit Boards – Conflict of Interest?

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Filing oaths of office

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“Official Conduct” – More on Excusing Board Members From Voting

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Excusing Board Members From Voting

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When Are Public Hearings Required

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Motions to Reconsider – A Follow-up

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Issues That Have Been Decided and the Motion to Reconsider