Former Governor Roy Cooper, who has recently announced his candidacy for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, has a long record of serving the state with a career in public service spanning nearly four decades.
“National reports indicate that the U.S. Department of Education has backed down and is releasing all frozen funds — $6.8 billion nationwide, including $165 million for North Carolina — after we filed suit last week. This should end weeks of uncertainty — our schools can now plan, hire, and prepare for a strong year ahead. My absolute best wishes to our state’s 1.5 million students who are ready to make this their best year yet,” said North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green, in a statement.
Casi 100 personas protestaron en el centro de Durham para denunciar las redadas de ICE en todo el país. La manifestación se realizó tras un incidente en la Corte de Justicia de Durham, donde el grupo Siembra NC y autoridades locales informaron sobre la presencia de varios agentes de ICE. El alguacil del condado aseguró que solo unos agentes sin uniforme estaban allí buscando a un delincuente convicto.
According to Bob Hall, a longtime voting rights advocate, the majority of the affected North Carolina voters are disproportionately young, Black, and vote Democratic. A large majority of these affected voters registered when they were in their teens or twenties and provided minimal information at the time, which resulted in them being on the list.
The newly formed statewide coalition is made up of voting rights advocates, community leaders, voters, and progressive groups who are highlighting “the corruption of the Newby-Berger court”, according to the group’s press release.
Congressional Republicans have decided to supercharge those efforts, setting aside roughly $170 billion for immigration enforcement and border security efforts, including $75 billion in extra funding for ICE, making it by far the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.
En una entrevista exclusiva con CBS News, el director interino del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), Todd Lyons, afirmó que su agencia arrestará a cualquier persona que se encuentre en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal, sin importar si tiene antecedentes penales. Aunque señaló que se dará prioridad a quienes tengan antecedentes criminales graves, advirtió que los operativos en comunidades seguirán incluyendo a personas sin historial delictivo, debido a las políticas de “santuario” en varias ciudades que impiden la cooperación con autoridades federales.
North Carolina is home to 12 PBS television stations and nine NPR stations. Many of the stations produce content that covers U.S. and world news, with topics ranging from politics, weather, health, science, business, arts, and culture. They also provide services such as educational content, important public safety communications during natural disasters, professional development and resources for teachers, music and cultural programming, unparalleled local news, and more, according to the American Coalition for Public Radio.
Attorney General Jackson called BRIC “a lifeline for our towns and cities trying to make sure every resident has clean and reliable water to drink, a functioning sewage system, and measures in place to prevent the next storm from devastating their communities.”
Thom Tillis is once again under fire for backing down when it mattered most—this time voting to confirm one of Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees, despite warnings from former federal prosecutors and his own previous statements.