United States and North Carolina flags will remain at half-staff Thursday, Jan. 30. Flags have been at half-staff since Dec. 30 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.

It hasn’t worked in the past John D. Simmons CHARLOTTE OBSERVER FILE PHOTO A Confederate flag flew at the South Carolina State House for decades, until it was taken down almost 10 years ago.

That planned relocation was held up when a lawsuit was filed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the North Carolina Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., and The Colonel ...