District Attorney Jim Woodall has said that Orange and Chatham counties had “more or less” decriminalized misdemeanor marijuana possession. Others have similar policies. | Opinion
In 2018, more than a quarter of a million North Carolinians were living with suspended driver's licenses solely because of unpaid traffic court fees and fines, according to a report from the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission. A disproportionate number of those people were Black.