Medicaid expansion would also expand much-needed healthcare access for rural communities, create tens of thousands of jobs, and make investments in the state’s hospitals.
Those opposed to a convention of states have said that convening one would lead to a free-for-all of amendments that could lead to extreme changes to the government.
The state House Education committee held a hearing on House Bill 187 this week, a bill that would ban K-12 schools from teaching about systemic racism.
Moore, who is now in his 11th term in the General Assembly and was named speaker for an unprecedented fifth term, is seemingly only OK with limiting others’ powers and not his own.
Republican lawmakers across the country have introduced more anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the past two months than in the last five years combined.
Over the past month, high school students from across the state have been using their voices and their experiences to demand change.
According to a report, lawmakers here continue to divert public funds from vital services the government provides, such as funding public schools and providing clean drinking water, to the pockets of out-of-state corporations and the wealthy few.
According to a shocking new report from the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force, in 2021 children here were 51% more likely to die from gun violence than children in the U.S. as a whole.
Robinson used his “State of the State” response as an opportunity to debut a new, less extreme persona – but don’t buy it. He’s still as full of hate as ever.
“We know from years of research and use that medication abortion is safe and effective – there’s no medical reason for politicians to interfere or restrict access to it,” said Orange County OB/GYN Dr. Amy Bryant.