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Counties balk at helping Cherokee County DSS with its ‘bind’
For the past three years, Cherokee County’s Department of Social Services has asked six nearby counties’ DSS offices to help shoulder a substantial number of cases that its director says are conflicts of interest due to ongoing or potential litigation. Now, two of those counties — Clay and Macon —...
Taking the long road: The search for jobs in Scotland County
Historically, Scotland County had some of the highest unemployment rates of any county in the state, with a July unemployment rate of 9.3%, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce. Despite these persistently high joblessness numbers, some county residents say they will change the narrative through local revitalization efforts to...
Back to the drawing board: An FAQ on redistricting in NC in 2021
Every state in the country is redrawing political maps based on new data from the 2020 census, and many eyes across the nation are focused on North Carolina. The Tar Heel State has been a hot spot for legal fights over political maps since the 1990s, battles that have accelerated since 2011, when Republicans took control of the state legislature and used that newfound power to draw new political maps from the 2010 census in their own favor.
Voting rights restored to 55,000 North Carolinians
The largest expansion of voting rights in North Carolina since the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971 and the largest expansion of disproportionately Black enfranchisement since the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 is happening today. Effective immediately, the state can no longer prevent people convicted...
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