Politics
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VIDEO: Senator says NC campaign finance is ‘totally out of control’
Recent legislation in North Carolina opened up the state for huge out-of-state spending on campaigns. A lawmaker sounds the alarm on NC campaign finance. Sen. Mary Wills Bode, a Democrat representing NC’s Granville and Wake counties, sounded the alarm on a recent episode of PBS NC’s “State Lines” about NC campaign finance reform, after recent…
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A Trump judge just blocked the ban of noncompete clauses
The FTC voted to ban noncompete agreements in April—those pesky clauses that employers often force their workers to sign which effectively bar them from starting their own business or finding a new job in the same field within a certain area or timeframe after leaving their current job.
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VIDEO: Kamala Harris speaks out on student debt forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed the Biden-Harris administration’s take on college debt forgiveness.
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North Carolina seniors would pay more for prescription drugs under Project 2025
Project 2025 calls for repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, which would cause millions of American seniors to pay more for their prescription drugs.
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Republicans approve national platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF
If established by legislation, fetal personhood would have the practical effect of prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Its impact could become national if courts affirm state-level laws that extend the application of the 14th Amendment to fetuses.
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In rural North Carolina, organizers take a people-first approach to politics
In an election year where abortion is set to loom large, Down Home NC is organizing and knocking on doors in rural North Carolina with in-depth conversations focused on issues rather than candidates.
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Kamala Harris’ fight for reproductive freedom takes center stage in 2024
In the two years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris has become a strong, passionate voice for reproductive rights.
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Conservative leaders want to make it harder to get divorced
No-fault divorce laws have contributed to lower national rates of intimate partner violence, particularly against women. Some conservative leaders want to reinstate barriers to divorce by requiring “proof” of abuse or infidelity.
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‘A king above the law’: Supreme Court gives Trump nearly unlimited power
The massively consequential ruling from the Supreme Court grants Trump and any future leaders the right to claim immunity from criminal prosecution for “official” acts carried out in office.
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Biden gives a forceful speech in Raleigh the day after a rough debate
Biden’s return to North Carolina was met with a raucous crowd that hardly reflected the narrative presented in the media Friday morning that Democrats had fallen into panicked despair over the president’s uneven debate performance against Donald Trump.
