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NC’s biggest primary election gets nastier
Plus: NC’s Civil War history by lantern light. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. If you’ve been driving on one of a few major highways in North Carolina, you might have noticed a new billboard campaign. This month, the “ICE Costs Us” campaign launched in more than 200 places, including at least nine locations…
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🔥 North Carolina owns March Madness
Plus: Storms leave thousands without power. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. We begin this week with an important story. When Helene cut a path through western NC, folks in North Carolina’s forestry offices warned that the downed timber would be a problem. In terms of wildfires, fallen trees are fuel. And wildfires are…
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🤯 This western NC town just did something cool
Plus: The March Madness begins. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. It’s officially that time of year. College basketball is about to take over our lives for several weeks. Fittingly, Good News Friday leads with the march madness, and a new Cinderella out of North Carolina. In their first year of eligibility for the NCAA…
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🌻 Will it be a warm or a cool spring in NC?
Plus: The woman who broke “Jim Crow” in NC is back. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Woah! Cardinal & Pine got a glam-up. You are looking at the redesigned C&P newsletter. It may feel bright and shiny, but it’s the same hard-working, feisty email you read every day. Now’s as good a time…
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💁♀️ 3 NC women who changed history
Plus: A NC basketball product makes history. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. An observation: In my 20 or so years covering politics, I’ve heard a lot of people in “the business” talk about the power of women’s voting. “How do you get the women’s vote?” they ask. But too often, they seem to…
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5 NC men sue over ICE arrests
Plus: 3 events happening this week in NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Wherever federal immigration agents have gone, lawsuits have followed. Reuters reported last month that, since October, hundreds of judges have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE and Border Patrol arrested people illegally. Cardinal & Pine’s Jessica F. Simmons has…
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Durham chef on tonight’s ‘Top Chef’ premiere
Plus: Phil Berger’s big, big tone shift. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Naturally, people are asking “what’s next” in North Carolina’s most surprising primary outcome of last week—the GOP primary between the legislature’s most powerful politician, Phil Berger, and a local sheriff named Sam Page. At the end of Election Day, Berger trailed…
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‘Top Chef’ puts NC in the spotlight
Plus: What NC stands to lose in Iran. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Unbelievably, Cardinal & Pine is now 6 years old. We got off the ground in March 2020, as the first COVID-19 cases shut down our state. C&P started as a vital tool for spreading good information quickly in a scary…
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K-ville’s hilarious but petty early days
Plus: Wilmington’s big port problem Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. North Carolina’s “Port City” has a problem. According to the folks at NC Ports, the Wilmington Harbor is not deep enough. Its depth, about 42 feet today, prevents larger shipping containers from docking. Without a change, the city will struggle to stay competitive…
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An NC giant trails by … 2 votes??
Plus: An unbelievable new Billy Ball Explains NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. If there’s anything we’ve been repetitive about at Cardinal & Pine, it’s the power of voting. Tuesday’s primary election results, especially in one stunning local race, show the power of each and every vote. Michael McElroy has the rundown on…
