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NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS
Birth control is now available over the counter in NC for free through Medicaid
| August 1, 2024
ABORTION | Community | EQUALITY | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | Lead Story | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | RURAL HEALTHCARE | women's health
An over-the-counter birth control option will now be available for free in North Carolina for anyone who has health insurance through Medicaid, Gov. Roy Cooper announced this week.
Op-Ed: Gun violence is a public health crisis in North Carolina
| July 18, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | EXTREMISM | NC POLITICS | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | OPINION | SAFETY | Voter Stories
On June 25th, the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a “public health crisis” in America. This declaration shed light on the urgent need for collective action to address the alarming rates of gun-related incidents impacting communities nationwide. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis stated that he introduced the Protecting the Right to Keep […]
‘This should not be a partisan issue’: The political tug-of-war over rural NC broadband internet gaps
| July 12, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | BROADBAND | INFRASTRUCTURE | internet access | Lead Story | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | RURAL ECONOMY | RURAL HEALTHCARE
State and federal leaders say they’re making progress extending access into NC broadband internet gaps—mostly because of Biden infrastructure funding—but the Republican closure of an affordable broadband program for lower-income people threatens to dampen progress.
VIDEO: Senator says NC campaign finance is ‘totally out of control’
| July 11, 2024
Recent legislation in North Carolina opened up the state for huge out-of-state spending on campaigns. A lawmaker sounds the alarm on NC campaign finance. Sen. Mary Wills Bode, a Democrat representing NC’s Granville and Wake counties, sounded the alarm on a recent episode of PBS NC’s “State Lines” about NC campaign finance reform, after recent […]
VIDEO: Dan Bishop is a ‘political extremist,’ NC Attorney General candidate Jeff Jackson warns
| July 10, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | DAN BISHOP | JEFF JACKSON | national politics | NC POLITICS | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | Voter Videos
We spoke with Jeff Jackson, the Democratic candidate for NC attorney general, about his opponent, Dan Bishop. Jackson didn't mince words.