Politics
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How to make sure your vote isn’t thrown out by Republicans in the Jefferson Griffin case
Republicans on the North Carolina Court of Appeals agreed last week to throw out 65,000+ voters in the 2024 NC Supreme Court election if their ballots aren’t “cured” within 15 business days — setting the stage for Republican Jefferson Griffin to make his 2024 loss into a win.
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The GOP-controlled NC Court of Appeals might have just made Jefferson Griffin the winner of a race he lost
Two Republican judges on the NC Court of Appeals just brought defeated state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin one step closer to overturning his loss.
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Opinion: It’s long past time to provide NC students the public schools they deserve
For the sixth year in a row, Rep. Julie von Haefen has introduced a bill to fully fund public schools as required by the state constitution. Republican leaders blocked those efforts, she writes.
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Opinion: My personal affordable housing crisis
Housing policy needs the General Assembly, and a federal government that works alongside local governments, to effectively address the housing crisis in their jurisdictions.
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‘Veterans are going to die’: Hundreds protest Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts in Raleigh
The cuts Elon Musk has sought would include VA counselors who answer calls for the veterans crisis hotline. Fewer counselors and longer wait times, one veteran at the rally said, means veterans would be left on their own when they need the most help.
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Opinion: Thousands painstakingly wait for disability services in NC. Will this be the year they’re seen?
Governor Josh Stein recently released his proposed state budget, and for thousands of North Carolina families caring for a loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), it represents a step forward.
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Opinion: Congress, not our state legislature, will decide whether NC’s Medicaid expansion is eliminated
Because the Senate Republican majority is very slim, it will take only four Republican senators to block the Medicaid cuts. Several conservative Republican senators already have expressed serious concerns with cutting Medicaid, since millions of working-class Trump voters would lose their health coverage.
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Opinion: Medicaid is my lifeline. If Republicans cut it, I could die early.
Since being diagnosed, Medicaid has been my lifeline, providing the infusion treatments that allow me to function daily. Without this support, my quality of life would drastically decline, and I could face premature death.
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Opinion: How we turned a protest into our version of a church
During the protest I felt a sense of power seeing the turnout and the passion written across faces and homemade signs. As I hollered to get everyone together for a picture, it felt like a family getting together on Christmas morning.
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OPINION: NC-13’s veterans deserve answers from Congressman Brad Knott
Scott Peoples, a North Carolina Army veteran and veteran rights advocate, has tried to contact his congressman to express his concerns about the mass firings by the Trump Administration and their effects on the VA. He has not gotten an answer.
