“No matter what form of transportation they choose, every North Carolinian should be able to travel safely each day,” Gov. Stein said in a release. “These grants will help us reduce traffic fatalities in North Carolina.”
Un día después de que la Asamblea Legislativa aprobara un plan que cambia el Primer Distrito Congresional de un distrito competitivo a uno controlado por los republicanos, los votantes ya solicitaron a los jueces federales impugnar el nuevo mapa.
Miembros de la comunidad, personas defensoras y familias de Carolina del Norte realizaron el evento De la Memoria a la Resistencia: La Salud No Puede Esperar, una actividad inspirada en el Día de los Muertos que rindió homenaje a los habitantes del estado que han perdido a sus seres queridos por la falta de acceso a atención médica.
“Nearly 600,000 children in our state could be without food in a few days because USDA is playing an illegal game of shutdown politics,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “They have emergency money to help feed children during this shutdown, and they’re refusing to spend it. I warned them last week that I would take them to court if they tried to hurt our kids, and today that’s what we’re doing.”
North Carolinians have begun to feel the disruptions and effects of the shutdown more sharply, something advocates and government workers warn could get worse by mid-November.
As food assistance demand is high and supplies are limited, community and peer-to-peer support are very important as we navigate these difficult times. We need to not only support food banks as much as we can, but also support each other.
Across Western North Carolina, residents, local officials, and party leaders from both sides are voicing deep frustration with what they see as Whatley’s failure to deliver meaningful recovery nearly a year after the devastating storm.