Politics
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Democrats increase their focus on NC’s once neglected rural areas
A national organization is providing grants to 17 rural counties to help Democrats pay for voter outreach that could help tip local and national races in this closest of swing states.
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Republicans cave to Trump, block border security deal they demanded
After years of claiming that border security was a “top priority” for them, House and Senate Republicans killed a long-awaited, bipartisan deal they insisted on amid pressure from former President Donald Trump.
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VIDEO: NC Pastors Speaks Out for Abortion Rights
CJ Brinson is a Guilford County pastor, and believes that many in the “pro-life” movement are too narrowly focused on the issue of abortion and fail to support “policies that make life easier for those outside of the womb.” Brinson is speaking out in support for reproductive rights, and believes many who are strongly opposed…
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Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says
Trump is seeking to delay a trial until after the November election. If he were to defeat President Joe Biden, he could presumably try to use his position as head of the executive branch to order a new attorney general to dismiss the federal cases he faces or potentially could seek a pardon for himself.
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Time’s running out to register to vote for NC’s primary elections. Here’s what to do.
Want a say in the nominees the major parties put up in November’s general election? You need to register by Feb. 9.
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VIDEO: House Republicans ‘We Have Nothing to Go out There and Campaign on.’
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VIDEO: How Medicaid Expansion Helps the Chronically Homeless
Medicaid expansion has provided almost 300,000 North Carolinians with access to healthcare. Parker Chatham is the Executive Director of Restoration House, a low barrier homeless shelter in Bryson City. He says that Medicaid expansion has especially helped the people he works with each day. “Medicaid is really going to serve as a bouncing block to…
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Cooper and Stein urge Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion
A lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups could restrict access to the most commonly used form of abortion, and is the biggest fight over reproductive healthcare since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Op-Ed: Reproductive rights will be a key issue on 2024 ballots
This op-ed initially appeared online at the Capitol Broadcasting Opinion section – www.wral.com/opinion. Last month marked the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court enabled the citizens of this country to make deeply personal healthcare decisions free from political interference by reinforcing the fundamental…
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VIDEO: Gerrymandering Threatens Abortion Rights. What Can Voters Do?
North Carolina Republicans redrew Congressman Wiley Nickel’s district so that he had no chance of winning re-election in 2024. That process is called gerrymandering. And its dangers are far greater than threatening individual political careers. By drawing districts that ensure Republican victories and Democratic losses, that means Congress and the North Carolina legislature are freer…
