Ted Budd’s office claims his multiple trips to lavish resorts with his wife were part of his effort to support “the working families of North Carolina.”
An anti-CRT Johnston County school board member – and Smithfield police officer who was suspended during an internal investigation – is now refusing to resign from his seat after announcing he would.
Beginning teachers in Alabama will earn 17% more than new teachers in NC and teachers with 35+ years of experience will earn 23 percent more than those with the same experience here.
“People throughout the Southeast rely on North Carolina as an access point,” stated Alexis McGill Johnson, CEO of Planned Parenthood. “Without Gov. Cooper’s help…the entire region would be devastated.”
Berger said Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is most widely known for his anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-Semitic comments, would make a great governor.
Republican-led legislatures in many states have increasingly proposed or passed laws stripping away reproductive rights, despite solid support for those rights from voters.
Durham’s Community Safety Department launched three new crisis response pilot programs with a fourth still under development.
Cooper has vetoed bills that would allow firearms to more easily fall into the wrong hands, laws removing important voting and civil rights and laws that would censor teachers in classrooms.
Ultimately, Mark Meadows was faced with a choice on Jan. 6, 2021, and he chose a twice-impeached liar over his own country.
In 2018, North Carolina introduced a trial period to authorize the legal sale of hemp until July 1. At the 11th hour, legislators passed a law to permanently legalize hemp across the state.