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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These NC kids rely on Medicaid to survive. Trump’s cuts could force them out of their homes.
A Medicaid waiver program helps Kinsley Stadler and Emma Staggs thrive in their homes despite significant disabilities. When their moms went to DC to implore Republicans in Congress not to pass huge cuts to Medicaid, some GOP staff locked their doors while others rolled their eyes.
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What the Republican plan to dismantle PBS means for NC
The US Senate voted Thursday to approve a Trump-backed plan to cut off funding for the nation’s PBS and NPR stations, a key source of news and updates in NC’s rural communities, where reliable internet access is scarce. The US Senate voted Thursday to approve a Trump-backed plan to cut off funding for the nation’s…
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Trump’s freeze on education funding shorts NC schools recovering from Helene
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson said President Trump’s freeze on federal education funding includes $18 million going to western NC schools recovering from Helene.
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Thom Tillis’ full statement on why he won’t seek reelection
Tillis criticized politicians who “really don’t give a damn about the people they promised to represent.”
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Cardinal & Pine hosts ‘Voices for Veterans’ event to highlight the devastating effects of proposed VA cuts
In a panel discussion, veterans, doctors, nurses, and advocates will tell their stories, and call attention to the fatal consequences significant cuts would mean for veterans and military families.
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NC’s Republican-controlled elections board fired an award-winning, non-partisan director. Read her forceful goodbye.
North Carolina’s election chief helped the state vote in large numbers through a pandemic, the aftermath of hurricanes, and endless streams of disinformation. So Republicans fired her.
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Six months after he lost, Jefferson Griffin concedes to Allison Riggs
While Griffin’s effort to steal last year’s NC Supreme Court election was thwarted, it opened a door to a reality where partisan courts could try to apply new rules to change the results of past elections.
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Federal judge issues scathing rebuke of Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to steal an election
US District Judge Richard Myers, a Trump appointee, rejected Griffin’s bid to overturn his election loss in often cutting language. Over his 68-page ruling, Myers tears the heart out of Griffin’s legal case, and eats it a piece at a time.
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Higher prices, hungrier children, and veterans in crisis: A look at Trump’s first 100 days in office.
Trump’s policies and cuts threaten to raise prices of many everyday items, and put veterans, children, and seniors in North Carolina at risk.
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NC election officials limit the voters at risk in Jefferson Griffin case. But courts could intervene again.
What does the 80s movie “The Neverending Story” have to do with developments in the Jefferson Griffin case? You got questions, we got answers.
