Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.
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Voucher expansion and a state of emergency: public schools in 2023
The Republican-controlled legislature helped wealthy families pay for private school, offered teacher raises that lag behind inflation, and continued to ignore court-orders to adequately fund public schools.
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This group has a plan to ensure NC’s Black rural voters are better represented
New Rural Project helped elect several candidates in 2023 by listening to rural voters who sat out in 2020.
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A look back at the year Republicans banned abortion in North Carolina
Republicans have said that if they win the governor’s race and expand their control in the legislature in 2024, a full ban is on the table.
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Gov. Roy Cooper demands affordable access to contraception
Cooper and a group of Democratic governors asked federal health officials to clarify that most insurances must cover non-prescription contraception.
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Raleigh to NYC by high speed train? New federal funding could make it a reality.
A new $1.09 billion grant to improve the commute from Raleigh to Richmond is part of a larger push that could connect many rural communities in the state to the country’s biggest economic hubs.
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VIDEO: Spindale and Rutherfordton, NC received a joint $20 million RAISE grant in 2022
Spindale and Rutherfordton, sister towns in rural Western North Carolina, received a joint $20 million RAISE grant in 2022 to transform the congested, crumbling, dangerous thoroughfare between them into a pedestrian friendly “complete street.”
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Judges temporarily block NC Republican law that would cause election gridlock
The law, SB 749, would overhaul the state’s elections boards and strip the governor’s power to appoint members.
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How to apply for health insurance under North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion
After a decade of delay, Medicaid expansion is official in North Carolina. Here’s a guide on who can apply and how to do it most easily.
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Here’s your chance to weigh in on NC’s new voter ID policy
The North Carolina Board of Elections (NCBOE) has opened a public comment period on two proposed rules for how the ID policy will be implemented and voters’ identities will be confirmed.
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Republican NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin uses anti-abortion rhetoric
Judge Jefferson Griffin and another judge ruled that a mother could lose parental rights because she committed a crime while pregnant.
