With over 12,000 residents in the region lacking safe housing, Gov. Josh Stein’s initial executive order temporarily suspends procurement regulations to accelerate the availability of temporary housing.
Las políticas migratorias de Donald Trump, impulsadas por el DHS, ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza, han generado un clima de miedo en muchas comunidades de Carolina del Norte, especialmente en aquellas que dependen del trabajo de inmigrantes indocumentados.
The lone Republican dissenter, Justice Richard Dietz, argued that intervention by the judiciary close to an election “becomes inappropriate because it can damage the integrity of the election process.”
As a judge and someone who presumably understands and respects the law, now is the time for Jefferson Griffin to accept the results, concede the race and move on with his life.
“[T]his bill is a power grab, not hurricane relief,” said Gov.-elect Josh Stein. “It is despicable for the Republicans in the General Assembly to use folks’ incredible need for aid to cloak their political pettiness.”
Gov. Roy Cooper recently celebrated the first anniversary of expanding Medicaid access by announcing an impressive feat—the state has nearly reached its 600,000-person enrollment goal a year ahead of schedule.
Con la administración de Donald Trump lista para asumir su segundo mandato, los activistas que se opusieron a sus políticas migratorias durante su primer periodo se preparan para enfrentar sus nuevos y más agresivos planes.
En 2017, Trump intentó terminar con el programa DACA, que les brinda protección temporal contra la deportación, aunque la Corte Suprema detuvo su intento debido a fallos procedimentales.
“Jefferson Griffin and the GOP do not actually want to make this election safe and secure. They want to throw out enough ballots as it will take to declare a victory,” said Gabby Chiarenza, a Wake County voter whose ballot has been challenged.
Knowing that they have lost their veto-proof supermajority for the next session, Republicans are attempting one last power grab at the expense of North Carolinians who need help putting their lives back together after Helene.