It’s NC State Fair Time and NC Voices Has You Covered
It’s fall and it’s mid-October so that can only mean one thing around these parts: it’s North Carolina State Fair time!
It’s fall and it’s mid-October so that can only mean one thing around these parts: it’s North Carolina State Fair time!
Mary Wills Bode told The News & Observer that investing in education, cutting taxes for working families, and ensuring access to reproductive healthcare would be among her top priorities as a state senator.
Exactly half of registered voters say they are more motivated to vote in the midterm elections than they were in previous elections, with abortion rights driving that motivation.
A survey from the North Carolina School Superintendents Association found that 98 of 115 school districts who responded reported having 11,297 unfilled educator and staff positions – and Republicans are at fault.
Democrats currently hold a 4-3 majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court but Republicans could find themselves with a 5-2 advantage after November’s election – a chilling scenario for anyone concerned about their rights and freedoms.
Justice Sam Ervin IV comes to the bench with a wealth of experience and has built a reputation for his legal decision-making, receiving endorsements from dozens of attorneys, reproductive rights advocates, environmentalists and many other groups.
Gov. Roy Cooper knows he can trust Val Applewhite to support his leadership. Cooper said Applewhite “isn’t afraid to stand up to right-wing Republicans.”
Valerie Jordan grew up tobacco farming in Warrenton, North Carolina, and has worked to protect her community from a young age.
Notably, all four Republican candidates for the New Hanover County School Board are endorsed by a far-right group called Tide Turners NC.
Ted Budd and his father Richard were named defendants in a case that accused them of fraud and faced them with a possible $15 million judgment against them.