State Leaders
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VIDEO: The threat to democracy in NC’s secretary of state race
The NC Secretary of State’s office is, for now, a low-visibility, bookkeeping job. But Cardinal & Pine Senior Editor Billy Ball says we should all be concerned if Republicans win it and start changing the job description.
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Birth control is now available over the counter in NC for free through Medicaid
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.
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Op-Ed: Gun violence is a public health crisis in North Carolina
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…
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‘This should not be a partisan issue’: The political tug-of-war over rural NC broadband internet gaps
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.
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VIDEO: Senator says NC campaign finance is ‘totally out of control’
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…
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VIDEO: Dan Bishop is a ‘political extremist,’ NC Attorney General candidate Jeff Jackson warns
We spoke with Jeff Jackson, the Democratic candidate for NC attorney general, about his opponent, Dan Bishop. Jackson didn’t mince words.
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‘I know where I came from’: NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall says she’s focused on stopping the state’s rural ‘brain drain’
Nearly 30 years since Elaine Marshall became the first woman elected to a statewide executive office in NC, she’s running for reelection on a promise to boost rural economic growth and help small businesses get off the ground. NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall grew up on a farm, so she lights up when she…
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Op-Ed: I’ve been a teacher for 30 years. Michele Morrow would ruin NC public schools.
A veteran North Carolina teacher and activist on why he believes the Republican candidate for the state’s top education job is unfit and dangerous.
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VIDEO: Veterans walk into NC GOP convention to demand Republicans reject violence
Here’s what happened when a group of veterans walked into the NC GOP convention to demand Republicans oppose violence.
