What is the NC Supreme Court? And how does it work?
A primer on the NC Supreme Court: Who’s on it, who’s running for re-election, and why it’s been accused of partisan bias.
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NC POLITICS
May
2024
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‘You’ve got to be a fighter’: NC Dem leader urges young people to get involved in politics
The 26 year-old Anderson Clayton, who was elected to lead the state’s Democratic Party last year, says that young people’s voices will only be listened to when they get involved and fight to change the system.
May
2024
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VIDEO: ‘Asian Americans can determine the future of our state,’ lawmakers say
North Carolina’s Asian-American lawmakers, all of whom are Democrats, gathered last week to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. NC Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, the first Asian American to serve in the General Assembly, said that Asian Americans...
May
2024
16
VIDEO: NC Dems introduce a ‘Children’s Bill of Rights’
North Carolina Republicans have starved public schools for over a decade, state Democrats said last week, creating a mess of widespread staff shortages and limited resources. Though Democrats have introduced more than 230 bills since 2011 to solve these problems,...
May
2024
15
VIDEO: NC public school parent on why the voucher expansion makes her angry
WATCH: The Charlotte mother of a public school student on why the legislature's private school voucher expansion makes her angry. 😡 Republicans in the General Assembly are expected to expand the state’s private school voucher program by $465 million in the coming...
May
2024
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VIDEO: Josh Stein: we must build more housing, but also preserve farmland
On Monday afternoon, Attorney General @joshsteinnc, the Democratic nominee for governor, stopped by Sharp Farms in Wilson County, which has been in operation since 1928. Stein toured the farm with Pender Sharp, who serves as the Farm Manager, and discussed the farm...
May
2024
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IVF helped these two NC women have kids. Its future is uncertain.
“IVF allowed me to become a mother, one of the most special titles that I hold. It has given me opportunities and experiences that I did not think would be possible in the trenches of my infertility,” Beal said.
Apr
2024
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Cooper’s budget proposal calls for more education, childcare funding
As the North Carolina General Assembly went back into session on Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper unveiled a proposed budget adjustment that would boost funding for the state’s education and childcare systems and raise wages for state workers.
Apr
2024
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Op-Ed: North Carolina Republicans are working overtime to restrict abortion even more. But we can stop them at the ballot box.
This legislation is so harmful and out of touch that it even applies to minors. Pregnant children will be forced to carry pregnancies to term in our state thanks to Republicans in Raleigh and Donald Trump, the man who empowers them. Those with fatal fetal diagnoses are subject to similar restrictions.
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2024
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‘Unfit to be our next governor’: NC basketball greats speak out against Mark Robinson’s run for governor
NC has a long history of greatness on the basketball court. Now college basketball players from UNC, NC State, and Duke are wading into politics.
What is clean energy? And why does it matter?
| December 3, 2024
In North Carolina, clean energy investments are crucial, as the state faces all of the most dire consequences of climate change: flooding, drought, extreme heat, and more.
VIDEO: Why it matters that the NC Republican supermajority is over
| November 25, 2024
Cardinal & Pine's Michael McElroy explains why the end of the Republican supermajority in the NC General Assembly isn't just a big deal for political insiders. It could have a big impact on your life.
Research suggests medical debt is made worse by hospital consolidation
| October 25, 2024
Research from the Urban Institute and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project found that hospital market concentration, as well as private equity’s expanding role in billing, tracking, and collecting payments for health care, is exacerbating the country’s medical debt problem.
Examining Dan Bishop’s ties to far-right extremists, conspiracy theorists, and Jan. 6 rioters
| October 18, 2024
Bishop has ties to groups and individuals who’ve spread racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories; denounced the separation of church and state; gotten into online arguments with the Auschwitz Memorial; and tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
NC Republicans justifiably want federal aid for Helene recovery. But some have a history of opposing disaster relief.
| October 4, 2024
As the state continues to deal with the damage left by Hurricane Helene, several North Carolina Republicans are justifiably calling for more federal aid, but some of them previously voted against funding for FEMA and other relief bills following natural disasters.