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What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance

Insurance

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Mar 3, 2026

What To Do When Your Popular Sheriff Loses His Insurance

Counties get insurance policies to cover their costs in case someone sues the sheriff or his or her deputies. But what happens when the people who pay the bills can't tell the sheriff what to do?

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.

Beef

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Feb 13, 2026

A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.

An old statute says the state DMV can't buy a plane without special permission. It came out of a fight between the Highway Patrol, lawmakers, and a former FBI guy who was frighteningly good at checkers.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Why the Greensboro Police once pulled people over with the cutest little cars

Police Cars

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Jul 27, 2025

Why the Greensboro Police once pulled people over with the cutest little cars

The department once bought a pair of 1978 Volkswagen Rabbits and used them for traffic duty. The compact police cars later inspired a nationwide ad campaign. So what happened to them?

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich

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