Check Out This NC Festival Guide Before Making Your Summer Plans
In North Carolina, warm weather means it’s time for festival season throughout the state.
May 12, 2023
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Gun Deaths Cause Highest US Child Mortality in More Than 50 Years
The number of children and teens under 18 who died from guns spiked by 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to the Pew Research Center.
May 11, 2023
Will NCGOP’s Slate of Anti-Trans Bills Lead to HB2-Level Fallout For North Carolina?
HB2 is still considered a “lingering socioeconomic shadow over North Carolina” and SB 631 “puts us on the path where we risk our No. 1 ranking as the state best to do business in,” said Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake).
May 10, 2023
NC Republicans Who Campaigned On Protecting Abortion Access Now Have a Chance to Keep Their Promises
Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Republican Reps. Ted Davis, John Bradford and Tricia Cotham campaigned on either supporting abortion rights or on not further restricting them – they all voted for the extreme 12-week ban.
May 9, 2023
NC House Republicans give health care providers a license to discriminate
A bill backed by NC House Republicans would allow health care providers, institutions and insurers to refuse care to any patient on religious, moral or ethical grounds.
May 9, 2023
NC’s Right-Wing Supreme Court Re-Decides 3 Cases, Sets Voting Rights Back Decades, Allows Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering
Despite rulings only a few months ago by the then Democratic-controlled state Supreme Court, the new 5-2 right-wing court made the extremely rare decision to re-decide cases on voter ID, voting rights for people convicted of felonies and redistricting.
May 8, 2023
Bipartisan Bill To Limit Aggressive Medical Debt Collection Tactics, Cap Debt Interest Passes Senate Committee
The Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act, would prohibit medical debt collectors from foreclosing on property or garnishing wages. It also caps the interest on medical debt.
May 5, 2023
Parents Of Trans Youth Respond To NCGOP’s Anti-Trans Legislation: ‘Children Will Die If These Bills Go Through’
Out of 140,000 middle and high school athletes in NC, there are approximately 15 transgender students who have been cleared to play on a team that matches their gender identity – that means that 0.01% of these student-athletes are transgender.
May 4, 2023
Judge: North Carolina Still Owes Hundreds of Millions in Public School Funding
Judge James Ammons Jr. sided with low-income schools and state officials over state lawmakers, who have failed to fund its obligations for the long-running Leandro education lawsuit.
May 3, 2023
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Despite Well-Known History of Hate Speech, Mark Robinson Still Has Support of Mainstream Republicans in Race for Governor
His habit of saying homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, antisemitic, anti-science and/or racist things has some in the NCGOP worried – but that hasn’t stopped others from lining up in support.
May 2, 2023