App State, ECU Join State Initiative Supporting Aspiring Teachers
Participants in the Teaching Fellows program commit to repaying forgivable loans by teaching in North Carolina’s public schools after graduation.
Participants in the Teaching Fellows program commit to repaying forgivable loans by teaching in North Carolina’s public schools after graduation.
Pittsboro is taking legal action against Apollo Chemical, which discharged 1,4-dioxane into residents’ drinking water, and major PFAS manufacturers like Chemours and DuPont.
The Institute for Responsive Government has examined the NCGOP-held legislature’s policies and determined that their measures restrict voters.
The plaintiffs in the case, which include families and school boards in five lower-income counties, had requested that Justice Phil Berger Jr. recuse himself from the case due to his father’s involvement.
A Harvard Youth Poll revealed that almost half of Americans under 30 reported feeling down, depressed, or hopeless, with 56% experiencing nervousness, anxiety, or unease multiple times a week.
Unfortunately, here in North Carolina Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
“We found that people who had a better understanding of pregnancy were more opposed to legislation restricting access to abortion,” Steven Greene, co-author of the study and a professor of political science at NC State said.
The Campaign for Southern Equality, an Asheville-based nonprofit, filed the complaint late last month, alleging that North Carolina’s adoption of the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” law has resulted in policies and practices that discriminate against LGBTQ students.
“No woman should ever have to worry about whether she can get the medication she needs,” stated Attorney General Josh Stein. “I will continue to do everything in my power to stand up for women’s reproductive freedoms.”
North Carolina legislative Republicans overrode 19 of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes during this year’s session but the fight over some of these laws is far from over due to lawsuits that have been filed and others that will be filed soon.