Politics
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How $37 billion in federal funding is being used to improve at-home caregiving in NC
North Carolina used American Rescue Plan dollars to fund wage increases for at-home caregivers and launch a fund to recruit and retain workers.
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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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Former NC Chief Justice Cheri Beasley on the promise and peril of campaigning as a Black woman
Cheri Beasley lost her Senate bid for an open seat in North Carolina, but her 2022 campaign holds lessons for Black women in politics ahead of 2024.
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VIDEO: Alamance County mom Tameka Harvey filed to run for school board
Alamance County mom Tameka Harvey filed to run for school board on Friday. Harvey has children enrolled in schools that were impacted by the mold outbreak that delayed the start of the school year by two weeks this year. She says the mold crisis was a key motivation behind her decision to run for a…
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Cardinal & Pine’s Billy Ball talks rural issues, education on “Do Politics Better”
A far-reaching conversation on the struggles of rural North Carolina, education, and confronting the holidays after a profound loss.
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This federal program is saving North Carolinians money on their internet–here’s how to sign up
About 863,000 households in North Carolina have enrolled in President Biden’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides discounts on internet bills.
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Service members to get biggest pay raise in 20 years in bill heading to Biden’s desk
While the pay bump will affect the 94,540 active duty service members in North Carolina, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act is just the latest example of the increasingly partisan landscape of modern American politics.
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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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Biden campaign blames Trump for growing anti-abortion extremism
In Missouri, Republicans have introduced bills to charge women who have abortions with murder, while in Texas, a mom was forced to flee the state to get an abortion in order to protect her own health—situations made possible by Donald Trump and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
