House Bill 1240 aims to combat Republican attempts to suppress voters by requiring at least 14 days of early voting, preserving same-day voter registration during the early voting period, and setting minimum hours for early voting sites while leaving county election boards in charge of selecting sites and staffing.
Una disposición incluida en el nuevo presupuesto de Carolina del Norte reducirá significativamente el financiamiento para organizaciones que brindan asistencia legal gratuita a personas de bajos ingresos que enfrentan desalojos, violencia doméstica y otros problemas legales.
Buckhout has faced renewed scrutiny over her past associations and campaign controversies, with many questions surrounding her connection to former NCGOP Chair and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who appointed convicted sex offender Harvey West to a position of power in the Republican Party.
North Carolina has been particularly hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts to health care coverage and SNAP, which nearly 1.3 million residents rely on to put food on the table.
“We’ll keep making our case for lower rates – and for making sure families don’t get stuck paying unfair costs for data centers and other large users,” AG Jackson said.
La solicitud tiene pocas probabilidades de éxito, dada lo inusual que resulta que el tribunal supremo vuelva a examinar un caso ya resuelto.
Mientras la HB 958 continúa avanzando en la legislatura estatal, el debate refleja una vez más las profundas divisiones sobre el acceso al voto y la administración electoral en Carolina del Norte.
I am deeply grateful to Governor Cooper for standing with patients and vetoing North Carolina’s abortion ban. But that veto was overridden by Raleigh Republicans, and my patients continue to live with the consequences today. Now, Whatley wants to take these restrictions nationwide.
As summer gets underway and families should be enjoying holiday cookouts, many across the country are instead faced with the double blow of rising grocery prices and federal cuts to food assistance.
Los legisladores republicanos de Carolina del Norte anularon esta semana varios vetos del gobernador Josh Stein, aprobando nuevas leyes que amplían la cooperación con autoridades federales de inmigración y eliminan programas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión (DEI) en escuelas, universidades y otras instituciones públicas.