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Donald Trump covered a lot of ground during two recent campaign speeches. Here’s just some of what he said.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine)

On August 1st, North Carolina homeowners could be hit with steep insurance rate hikes. The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average increase of 42.2%. Some counties on the coast, like Carteret and Onslow counties, could see rates increase as much as 99.4% The public has the opportunity to provide input about these potential…

Three years after the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Joe Biden shared his thoughts on the effort to minimize the events of that day — and on the growing threat posed by political violence in the United States.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cardinal &…

Medicaid expansion was launched on Dec. 1st and it’s already having a big impact on North Carolina, the state’s top health official told us. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kody Kinsley told Cardinal & Pine that his office automatically enrolled 273,000 North Carolinians into comprehensive health coverage. Kinsley says the success of enrollment gives…

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that Texas doctors don’t have to provide emergency abortions. Wondering if that can happen in NC? Our correspondent Bonnie Fuller breaks down how reproductive rights could get even more dicey because of the precedent set in Texas by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals.   View this…

With Donald Trump on the verge of locking down the Republican nomination, his own former staffers are speaking out against the threat he poses to American democracy.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine)

Several voting rights groups and voters of color have sued North Carolina Republicans over their new election maps, which all but ensure Republicans stay in power no matter what voters want. This process is called gerrymandering. But what IS gerrymandering? If you like Duke vs. UNC basketball, Cardinal and Pine political correspondent Mike McElroy will…