North Carolina Republicans filed their latest abortion restrictions with House Bill 533. The bill has been described as “disturbing legislation” designed “to control women’s bodies” by U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning and advocates.
House Bill 420 would allow all families to use taxpayer dollars to fund tuition at private and parochial schools. Unlike public schools, these schools have no requirements to demonstrate students are learning.
A video showing an Amazon delivery driver dropping off a package during a police standoff in a Raleigh neighborhood has gone viral on TikTok.
House Bill 569, also known as the “Working Families Act,” would address topics such as paid family and medical leave, affordable housing, affordable child care, child tax credits and the minimum wage.
The bill is titled Remove Barriers to Gain Access (RGB) Act and it would legalize abortion until viability, as outlined by Roe v. Wade. HB 439 would also abolish the 72-hour waiting period.
School systems, such as Wake County, are using their local education funds, to restore benefits cut by state Republicans, re-implementing a pay boost to teachers and other staff with advanced degrees.
Edward, a 7-year-old member of the Lumbee Tribe, and Logan, a 6-year-old member of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina, are being told to cut their hair by their school.
According to a new UN-backed report catastrophic global warming is quickly approaching unless immediate and radical action is taken.
Gov. Roy Cooper signed the long-awaited Medicaid expansion bill into law, expanding much-needed health care coverage to more than 600,000 North Carolinians.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is likely to announce soon that he will run for governor in 2024 and due to the importance of the race, the national media is finding out what we here have known for years now – Robinson is a far-right Christian nationalist bigot.