Eighteen Cumberland County bus drivers demanding higher pay held a “sick-out” in late February. In November 2021, nearly 30% of Cumberland County buses missed their route when drivers held a sick-out protest.
Elizabeth City State defeated Shaw University 55-40 in the championship game and Winston-Salem State beat Lincoln University in a close matchup, 62-57.
On “Advocacy Day,” students encouraged lawmakers to “respect the rights of HBCU students to have a voice in our democracy.”
“We adamantly oppose any new abortion restrictions,” a letter signed by more than 1,000 North Carolina healthcare professionals stated.
“Since we all agree this is the right thing to do, we should make it effective now to make sure we leverage the money that will save our rural hospitals and invest in mental health,” Gov. Roy Cooper said.
Last month, while pushing a racist and undemocratic “anti-rioting” bill, NC House Speaker Tim Moore flat-out lied when he said that people died in Raleigh’s 2020 George Floyd protests.
“[T]these bills set a precedent requiring that we prioritize voluntary immigration enforcement at the expense of local law enforcement priorities,” sheriffs from Wake, Durham, Mecklenburg, Orange, Buncombe, and Wilson counties wrote.
The goal of the Fentanyl Control Unit that AG Josh Stein hopes to create would be to help local district attorneys handle large-scale fentanyl trafficking, wiretap, and overdose cases
Eliminating earth science from the curriculum would mean that students would not learn about climate change and how their actions impact the environment.
Forcing local sheriffs to do the federal government’s job also puts an undue burden – administrative and financial – on the departments. Laws such as HB 10 can lead to serious, expensive litigation.