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‘This should not be a partisan issue’: The political tug-of-war over rural NC broadband internet gaps
State and federal leaders say they’re making progress extending access into NC broadband internet gaps—mostly because of Biden infrastructure funding—but the Republican closure of an affordable broadband program for lower-income people threatens to dampen progress.
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In Greensboro, Kamala Harris denounces Project 2025, Trump’s call to ‘terminate’ the Constitution
Harris highlighted Trump’s intentions to further restrict reproductive rights and make healthcare more expensive.
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VIDEO: Senator says NC campaign finance is ‘totally out of control’
Recent legislation in North Carolina opened up the state for huge out-of-state spending on campaigns. A lawmaker sounds the alarm on NC campaign finance. Sen. Mary Wills Bode, a Democrat representing NC’s Granville and Wake counties, sounded the alarm on a recent episode of PBS NC’s “State Lines” about NC campaign finance reform, after recent…
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A Trump judge just blocked the ban of noncompete clauses
The FTC voted to ban noncompete agreements in April—those pesky clauses that employers often force their workers to sign which effectively bar them from starting their own business or finding a new job in the same field within a certain area or timeframe after leaving their current job.
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VIDEO: Dan Bishop is a ‘political extremist,’ NC Attorney General candidate Jeff Jackson warns
We spoke with Jeff Jackson, the Democratic candidate for NC attorney general, about his opponent, Dan Bishop. Jackson didn’t mince words.
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VIDEO: Kamala Harris speaks out on student debt forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed the Biden-Harris administration’s take on college debt forgiveness.
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VIDEO: What Trump and Project 2025 could mean for NC
What would a second Trump administration look like? We don’t have to guess: He has told us very clearly. Check out Project 2025.
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In church speech, Mark Robinson says it’s a ‘necessity’ that ‘some folks need killing’
Robinson, who has a history of violent rhetoric against abortion providers and the LGBTQ community, was vague on who he thought deserved to die, but railed against ‘the tenets of socialism and communism.’ Mark Robinson, who has called abortion providers “butchers,” LGBTQ North Carolinians enemies of God and public schools dens of socialism, told a…
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North Carolina seniors would pay more for prescription drugs under Project 2025
Project 2025 calls for repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, which would cause millions of American seniors to pay more for their prescription drugs.
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Republicans approve national platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF
If established by legislation, fetal personhood would have the practical effect of prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Its impact could become national if courts affirm state-level laws that extend the application of the 14th Amendment to fetuses.
