The North Carolina constitution currently states that “every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized” can vote. The amendment would remove language about naturalized citizens.
“The things that he has said, the things that he has done, the things they have just completely turned a blind eye to, that’s already happened. And I don’t know how they outrun that,” said American Bridge 21st Century’s Philip Shulman.
At a recent meet-and-greet in Rockingham County, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told an attendee that he believes birth control is “being forced on very young ladies” and implied that providing girls with birth control will make them want to have sex.
Amber Nicole Thurman, 28, died from an infection that was preventable and also treatable with a routine procedure – one that she was unable to get because of new, highly restrictive laws.
“This is the first year that they’re really just not funding even close to the level that we’ve requested,” Melanie Bush, deputy Medicaid director at DHHS, told NC Health News.
In North Carolina, rejecting federal funding could have significant consequences for local school districts. A recent analysis by the N.C. Justice Center estimated the state could lose $1.7 billion in federal revenue for education.
Teacher vacancies are down, but data shows more students are being taught by people who don’t have teaching degrees. The amount of residency-licensed teachers hired this school year is up 45% from last year.
Republican state Sen. Lisa Stone Barnes voted for the state’s 12-week abortion ban (and the veto override) and then lied to her constituents, telling them the ban would “expand the rights of women.”
Despite being a school vice principal, it’s hard to imagine Scott Lassiter voting for public school funding knowing he supports right-wing extremist state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow and has ties to the anti-public education group endorsed by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.
Ashlee Bryan Adams is firmly in the MAGA Republican camp and would likely vote in lockstep with the state GOP’s right-wing policy priorities.