Check Out This NC Festival Guide Before Making Your Summer Plans
In North Carolina, warm weather means it’s time for festival season throughout the state.
May 12, 2023
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The Soccer Tournament is Coming to Cary This June
This world-class soccer tournament features 32 teams playing for a chance to win the top prize of $1 million dollars. The playing format is 7-on-7 soccer, so it will be a fast-paced event.
May 12, 2023
Gun Deaths Cause Highest US Child Mortality in More Than 50 Years
The number of children and teens under 18 who died from guns spiked by 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to the Pew Research Center.
May 11, 2023
Wave of Trash Washed Up On Outer Banks Beaches is Linked to US Navy, National Park Service Reports
According to National Park Service officials, the trash, made up of plastic, metal, paper, and textile fabric, began appearing on April 27 and was reported to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector North Carolina.
May 11, 2023
Will NCGOP’s Slate of Anti-Trans Bills Lead to HB2-Level Fallout For North Carolina?
HB2 is still considered a “lingering socioeconomic shadow over North Carolina” and SB 631 “puts us on the path where we risk our No. 1 ranking as the state best to do business in,” said Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake).
May 10, 2023
North Carolina Public Schools and Students Would Be Left Behind in New GOP Private School Push
Advocates have argued that private school vouchers would divest hundreds of millions of dollars from public schools that better serve all of their students, and the vouchers wouldn’t cover the full cost of tuition at most private schools.
May 10, 2023
NC Republicans Who Campaigned On Protecting Abortion Access Now Have a Chance to Keep Their Promises
Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Republican Reps. Ted Davis, John Bradford and Tricia Cotham campaigned on either supporting abortion rights or on not further restricting them – they all voted for the extreme 12-week ban.
May 9, 2023
Amid Mental Health Crisis, Medicaid Expansion Would Take Steps In Addressing Needs
As national and statewide reports have seen a rise in youth suicides and a severe shortage of mental health care services, investments from the passage of Medicaid expansion are crucial and come at an important time.
May 9, 2023
NC House Republicans give health care providers a license to discriminate
A bill backed by NC House Republicans would allow health care providers, institutions and insurers to refuse care to any patient on religious, moral or ethical grounds.
May 9, 2023
NC’s Right-Wing Supreme Court Re-Decides 3 Cases, Sets Voting Rights Back Decades, Allows Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering
Despite rulings only a few months ago by the then Democratic-controlled state Supreme Court, the new 5-2 right-wing court made the extremely rare decision to re-decide cases on voter ID, voting rights for people convicted of felonies and redistricting.
May 8, 2023