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2020 Endorsements: Judicial Elections
This year, three of the state Supreme Court seats are up for grabs.
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Latinx People with COVID-19 Face Unique Challenges in Getting Healthcare Providers to Take Them Seriously
Long-ignored inequalities in healthcare are finally coming to light.
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Cooper Picks Commerce and Administration Secretaries
Governor Cooper announced two more cabinet picks today: Machelle Sanders to head the Department of Administration and Anthony Copeland to run the Department of Commerce. Sanders, who has no previous experience in government, was previously a vice president at Biogen in Research Triangle Park. “When it comes to Department of Administration, we want someone who […]
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After an Incident at Rolesville High, Activists Wonder if Schools Need Cops
Oh shit!” cries a voice from nowhere as the shaky cell phone footage begins. A split second later, a young African-American girl in a pink shirt rises above her classmates before she’s thrown like a rag doll to the floor. She looks dazed, maybe momentarily unconscious. The police officer who threw her pulls her up […]
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Raleigh’s First Responders Want More Money, But the Mayor Wants Them to Wait
At last week’s Raleigh City Council meeting, the city’s first responders renewed their calls for raisesand once again, Mayor Nancy McFarlane stressed the need to wait. Raleigh Police Protective Association president Matt Cooper told the council that, in the past year, sixty-three sworn RPD officersthe police force has an authorized strength of eight hundred officershad […]
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SCOTUS Grants Emergency Stay For 2017 Special Elections
For the time being, at least, we won’t have special elections in 2017. There seems to be no dissent on the decision. In recent weeks, Democrats have been hyping up the 2017 special elections as a way to possibly break the House and Senate legislative super-majorities, but this stay will remain in place until the […]
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The Morning Roundup: Cooper Makes a Splash
Good morning. Here’s what you missed this weekend.1. It snowed. Alright, so the only way you missed this is if you haven’t looked outside in the past two days. Wake Tech Community College and N.C. State, as well as public school systems in the Triangle, canceled classes Monday. The weather service released snowfall totals for […]
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The Morning Roundup: The Day After Tomorrow Edition
Good morning. In case you haven’t heard, it’s gonna snow.1. Damn it. Most towns around the Triangle still have the chance to see 5 to 7 inches of snow from Friday night into Saturday. Counties to the north and east of Raleigh could get even more, and once that snow falls, it could be here […]
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Governor Cooper Moving to Expand Medicaid Immediately
At the North Carolina Economic Forest Forum of state business leaders in Durham today, Governor Roy Cooper told a crowd that he plans to file an amendment to the state’s Medicaid plan on Friday, which would immediately expand Medicaid to help insure tens of thousands of North Carolinians. Cooper said he plans to file an […]