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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This group has a plan to ensure NC’s Black rural voters are better represented
New Rural Project helped elect several candidates in 2023 by listening to rural voters who sat out in 2020.
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A look back at the year Republicans banned abortion in North Carolina
Republicans have said that if they win the governor’s race and expand their control in the legislature in 2024, a full ban is on the table.
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Gov. Roy Cooper demands affordable access to contraception
Cooper and a group of Democratic governors asked federal health officials to clarify that most insurances must cover non-prescription contraception.
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Raleigh to NYC by high speed train? New federal funding could make it a reality.
A new $1.09 billion grant to improve the commute from Raleigh to Richmond is part of a larger push that could connect many rural communities in the state to the country’s biggest economic hubs.
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VIDEO: Spindale and Rutherfordton, NC received a joint $20 million RAISE grant in 2022
Spindale and Rutherfordton, sister towns in rural Western North Carolina, received a joint $20 million RAISE grant in 2022 to transform the congested, crumbling, dangerous thoroughfare between them into a pedestrian friendly “complete street.”
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Judges temporarily block NC Republican law that would cause election gridlock
The law, SB 749, would overhaul the state’s elections boards and strip the governor’s power to appoint members.
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How to apply for health insurance under North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion
After a decade of delay, Medicaid expansion is official in North Carolina. Here’s a guide on who can apply and how to do it most easily.
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Here’s your chance to weigh in on NC’s new voter ID policy
The North Carolina Board of Elections (NCBOE) has opened a public comment period on two proposed rules for how the ID policy will be implemented and voters’ identities will be confirmed.
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Republican NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin uses anti-abortion rhetoric
Judge Jefferson Griffin and another judge ruled that a mother could lose parental rights because she committed a crime while pregnant.
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North Carolina: The ‘most gerrymandered state in the country.’
NC Republicans drew election maps that cement their power in an evenly divided state. And they did it with “with greater audacity” than any effort in recent history, an analysis shows.
