North Carolinians worried about a controversial request by President Trump’s election fraud commission can rest easy, at least for now. On Monday, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked states to hold off on sending voter information to the White House until a lawsuit filed against the commission by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, […]
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Hogwashed, Part 1: Hundreds of Poor, Mostly African-American Residents of Eastern North Carolina Say Big Pork Is Making Their Lives Miserable
The first of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry.
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What Do North Carolina’s Members of Congress Have to Say About the Donald Trump Jr./Russia Revelations?
The Trump family made headlines once again this morning with a major revelation about Donald Trump Jr.’s dealings with a Kremlin-connected lawyer in exchange for dirt on Hillary Clinton. The details of the encounter, which were first published as an email exchange on Twitter by none other than Donald Trump Jr. himself, came after days […]
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Federal Fraud Commission Halts Voter Data Request
North Carolinians troubled by a controversial request by President Trump’s election fraud commission to collect voter information may find some solace in recent news that the project has been put on hold. The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is asking states to hold off on sending voter information to the White House by its […]
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The SBE Will Turn Over Some, But Not All, of the Information the White House’s Voting Integrity Commission Wants
Last week, a White House commission on voting integrityestablished to prop up President’s Trump false claim that he lost the popular vote because millions of people voted illegallysent a letter asking all fifty states to provide voters’ names, addresses, birthdays, political parties, last four digits of their social security numbers, and voting histories from 2006 […]
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Breaking: Cooper Says State Board Of Elections Should Not Participate In Controversial Voter Roll Data Request
Governor Roy Cooper released a short statement this afternoon in response to a controversial new request that states turn over their voter roll data to the White House by July 14. Cooper’s statement indicated that he believes the State Board of Elections should not comply with the request, but he did not go as far […]
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N.C. Republicans Want to Gerrymander the Courts Just Like They Did the Legislature
A last-minute effort to overhaul the state’s judicial maps before the legislative session ends generated fierce debate at a committee hearing Monday, but passed on a party-line vote and was sent to the House floor for debate. The proposal, sponsored by Representative Justin Burr, R-Montgomery and Stanly, would alter the state’s existing judicial districts by […]
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Estimate: 1.3 Million Tar Heels Would Lose Insurance Under Senate Health Bill
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its highly anticipated score of the Senate plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, projecting losses in insurance coverage over the next decade. According to the report, the GOP bill would leave fifteen million people uninsured in the next year, twenty-two million by 2026, and would substantially increase premiums […]
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Over Accusations of Gerrymandering, Republicans Introduce Bill to Redraw Judicial Maps
A controversial and last-ditch effort to overhaul the state’s judicial maps before the legislative session ends generated fierce debate at a committee hearing Monday, but passed and is headed to the House floor for debate. The Republican proposal, sponsored by Representative Justin Burr of Stanly, would fundamentally alter the state’s existing judicial districts by redrawing […]
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Roy Cooper Vetoes GOP Budget, GOP Leaders Pledge Quick Override
This morning, Governor Cooper announced he would veto the budget passed by Republicans in the General Assembly last week, citing concerns about education funding as well as tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. “This budget shortchanges our state at a time when we don’t have to,” he said at a press conference. “Rather than […]