Politics
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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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NPR stations targeted by Trump provided lifelines to NC listeners during disasters
The Trump administration wants to slash public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing them of bias in their reporting. One of the radio stations that could be hurt by these cuts, Blue Ridge Public Radio, provided urgent information to western North Carolina residents when the power went out during Hurricane Helene.
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Opinion: This is what the destruction of democracy looks like, North Carolina.
On Thursday, Republican judges on the state Court of Appeals threw out a century of precedent to help their party seize control of our elections. It’s time to speak up or forever hold your peace.
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Trump ends program that helped North Carolina communities avoid catastrophic flooding
Mount Pleasant, N.C. was about to receive $4 million to improve its stormwater drainage system from a FEMA program that helps communities protect against natural disasters and climate change. Then the Trump administration eliminated the program, upending a resiliency plan years in the making.
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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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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: Why the costs of childcare shouldn’t be borne alone
We’ve long known that there is a childcare crisis in the United States, with rising costs to parents and low pay for childcare workers. Forty percent of those who work in childcare make so little they qualify for some form of public assistance, like food subsidies, according to EdNC.
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Opinon: Federal policies are hurting NC farmers. So state leaders must have their backs.
The Trump administration’s spending cuts are making it tougher for small farmers to get by, NC Rep. Ray Jeffers writes. But a bill he introduced would “uplift our farmers regardless of what comes down from Washington.”
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Opinion: Senator Overcash, you know me. Why are you erasing me?
Dear Senator Overcash: I shouldn’t need to re-introduce myself to you, but I’m Paige Sullivan. I’m a native and lifelong resident of North Carolina. I’m also transgender and a former classmate of yours.
