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Senate Republicans block bill to protect birth control access
The bill would have guaranteed the right for Americans to obtain and use birth control without government interference. It would also protect the right of health care providers to distribute information about contraception and provide it to patients.
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Mark Robinson speaks to group that opposes birth control, report says
Both Robinson and the group, PreBorn, say life begins at conception and have called for complete abortion bans.
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We asked, you answered: North Carolinians share thoughts on legalizing marijuana in NC
Veterans, senior citizens, arthritis sufferers, people with mental illnesses: Many of them spoke up when we asked Cardinal & Pine readers what they think about marijuana in NC. Could 2024 be the year legalization finally gets over the hump? North Carolina has been on the doorstep of legalizing medical marijuana for several years, and this…
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We’re making a local business guide in NC, and we want you to choose where
We at Cardinal & Pine are asking you, our readers to help us choose the best location for our very first local business guide in North Carolina.
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‘Save what we fought for’: Veterans denounce Trump as a threat to America
A coalition of veterans groups delivered a letter to the state Republican convention last week calling on them to commit to a peaceful election. The veterans were turned away. During the last years of his service in the Navy, Mike Smith, a fighter pilot, performed funeral rites for the fallen, kneeling before grieving families with…
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Jurors find Trump guilty in adult film star hush money trial
Despite intimidation, harassment, and threats from Trump and his allies, a New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair out of fears that it would hurt his chances of…
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Josh Stein sues company over closure of Canton paper mill, alleging breach of contract
In an interview with Cardinal & Pine, Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers said he believes that the county and town should receive most if not all of the $12 million, if it’s recovered by Stein’s lawsuit.
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Why no one should sleep on the 2024 race for NC secretary of state
Elaine Marshall, one of the state’s longest-serving elected officials, is facing a Republican who’s promoting his campaign with a gun raffle and by talking a lot about abortion—though the NC secretary of state has no power over that.
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Biden campaign meets with faith leaders and community members in Rocky Mount
Despite Biden’s policy achievements, this year’s presidential election between he and Trump remains a toss-up, with North Carolina serving as one of the key swing states that will determine the winner. Highlighting the stakes of the election, Harrison expressed his concern that the freedoms won in the past were at risk.
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The real history of Memorial Day (plus 9 ways to celebrate it in NC)
The history of Memorial Day might have begun in the Carolinas. Celebrate it with one of these 9 events from the NC mountains to the coast.
