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NC Republicans face criticism from the right as they slap each other over a stalled budget

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Republicans control both chambers of the NC legislature, but have failed to pass a budget 6 months after it was due. Even conservatives are losing their patience.  As a winter storm shut down schools across the Triangle this week, Republican leaders in the General Assembly were still bickering over the state budget that was due […]
NC gerrymandering

Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans

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Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers' gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year's Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air. 
STATE LEGISLATURE - Cardinal & Pine

Josh Stein demanded NC Republicans fund Medicaid. You can’t make us, they said.

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Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly refused Gov. Josh Stein’s recent order demanding they hold a special session to address the state’s urgent Medicaid shortfall.
STATE LEGISLATURE - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: Why North Carolina’s governor can’t veto a redistricting bill

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Alas, our governor has veto power! The governor right now is a Democrat. The GOP no longer has a veto-proof majority in the General Assembly! Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, you’d think, could just say no to this.
NC Republicans pass gerrymandered Congressional map

NC Republicans pass new congressional map to kick a Black Democrat out of Congress

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Heeding orders from President Trump, NC Republicans moved US Rep. Don Davis out of his district, leaving him with virtually no chance of winning re-election.
NC Republicans pass gerrymandered Congressional map

NC Republicans gerrymander election maps, tilting control of Congress in Trump’s favor

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Despite public opposition, NC Republicans vote to gerrymander the state's Congressional map—minimizing the power of Black voters in eastern NC almost certainly ousting eastern NC Democrat Don Davis.