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2024 ELECTIONS

Opinion: Climate change harms patients’ health. Kamala Harris has a plan to help.

These two campaigns have vast differences in their policies to address climate change, and I believe the Harris-Walz campaign is taking steps to address our climate crisis in ways that will benefit North Carolina. Vice President Harris was the deciding vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which included the largest investment to combat climate change in American history.

2024 ELECTIONS - Cardinal & Pine

Josh Stein: Bringing about the end of the fentanyl crisis in our lifetime

We’re making progress, but the work is far from over. Every life lost to fentanyl is one too many. The fentanyl crisis doesn’t have one simple cause – nor does it have one silver bullet solution. That’s why I’m using every tool in my arsenal to tackle it. As Governor, I will keep working across the aisle to pursue common-sense solutions to the fentanyl crisis.

2024 ELECTIONS - Cardinal & Pine
2024 ELECTIONS - Cardinal & Pine

Four of the Republican judges in the Jefferson Griffin case were his de facto running mates in a previous election 

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The state court judges will soon decide whether to overrule the will of the voters and hand Griffin an election he lost. Social media posts from 2020 show the judges praising Griffin and feature smiling photos of themselves standing next to him.
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Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 votes finally gets a court hearing on the merits

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There have been several previous rulings in separate courts, both state and federal, but those dealt with procedural issues. On Friday, a state judge will hear the first arguments about the fundamental questions at hand. 
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NC Supreme Court stalls Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss, but hints at a long road ahead

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The court ruled that Griffin improperly attempted to bypass a lower court when he petitioned the issue directly to them, and ordered the case sent to the Wake County Superior Court, which, by law, should have gotten first crack. And now, a case that has dragged well into the new year has no end in sight.  
2024 ELECTIONS - Cardinal & Pine

The billionaires surrounding Donald Trump at his inauguration suggest who will most benefit from his second term

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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to immediately end inflation and to make gas, food, and healthcare more affordable for the middle class, but the image of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk standing front and center during the inauguration suggested the middle class might not be on his priority list.