Medical marijuana legalization is one of the highest polling programs in North Carolina and there is significant support among all political groups.
A report from the Child Fatality Task Force found that from 2012 through 2021, more than 600 children ages 17 and younger died from firearm-related injuries in NC.
“We know they might outvote us but that’s not why we mobilize,” Barber said in his speech. “We mobilize so what they’re doing is not done in the dark… We’re going to wear your hind parts out on Election Day.”
In Florida and North Carolina, the Black infant mortality rate is more than twice as high as it is for white babies. North Carolina ranks as the 10th worst state for infant deaths.
Senate Bill 406 would divert over $2.2 billion of taxpayer money for private school vouchers over the next 10 years.
North Carolina Republicans are working in lock-step with Donald Trump’s election deniers to silence voters in our state.
North Carolina’s extremist Republican-controlled legislature passed a 12-week abortion ban last month – but that is likely only the beginning of the restrictions we could see in our state.
The North Carolina Early Education Coalition states that pre-K education better prepares children for kindergarten and beyond.
Parents have said that the proposed change by the Union County Board of Education is a front to ban books with LGBTQ characters.
Robeson County not only has one of the highest populations of people of color in North Carolina, but it is also one of the most polluted in the state.