Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.
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VIDEO: Biden Administration Helps NC Entrepreneurs Get $92 Million To Grow Their Businessses
The Biden administration has announced tens of millions of dollars in new funding to help women-and minority owned small-businesses in North Carolina get started and grow. The money, from the American Rescue Plan, will go to 10 venture capital funds in Durham focused on helping historically underserved entrepreneurs. Michael McElroy, Cardinal and Pine’s political correspondent,…
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Republican candidate to lead NC’s public schools has called for execution of Obama, Biden and other Democrats
CNN broke the story that Michele Morrow’s social media history included suggestions that President Obama face a firing squad and that President Biden deserved to die over his COVID mask guidelines.
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Mark Robinson’s history of conspiracy and antisemitism gets a national spotlight
If Robinson wins the governor’s race, he would be among the most far-right governors in the country.
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NC judges block Republicans’ ‘stark and blatant’ power grab in election law
The law, passed last year by the Republican-controlled legislature, would have stripped Gov. Roy Cooper of appointment power to the state’s elections boards. it also would have likely created election gridlock.
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NC’s primary election results show the far-right’s power in the Republican Party
From the president to the state’s top education official, there is nothing but distance between the two major parties on several issues, including reproductive rights, public school funding, and LGBTQ protections.
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Tuesday is Election Day. Here’s what you need to know
Here are some tips on voter ID, polling hours and what’s at stake in this election.
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NC Republicans in Congress ask Supreme Court to restrict medication abortion
Seven of the nine North Carolina Republicans in Congress were among the nearly 150 anti-abortion lawmakers who filed a brief to the court as it weighs whether to add new barriers to the highly safe and effective medication.
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Satana Deberry’s plan as NC Attorney General? Talk about the things no one’s talking about.
Deberry is seeking the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. She would be the first woman and first person of color to hold the post.
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Mark Robinson says transgender women should be arrested for using women’s bathrooms
Robinson, who has a history of anti-LGBTQ remarks, revived the 2016 ‘bathroom bill’ idea that sparked a public outcry and cost the state billions of dollars in lost business.
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Early voting begins in North Carolina primary elections
Early voting is the most popular option in North Carolina, offering a more convenient and less crowded way than Election Day to cast your vote.





















