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Harris campaign launches GOP outreach effort, led by former NC Justice Bob Orr
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching a coalition to organize independents and moderate Republicans and tapping a former state Supreme Court Justice to lead the effort in North Carolina. Bob Orr, who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court for nearly a decade and was a candidate for governor in 2008, will lead the […]
Weekend reads: Campaigns heat up, a focus on absentee voting, residents reject natural gas facility
NC inspectors cited daycare owned by Lt. Gov. Robinson. Now it’s the focus of new campaign ad By Lynn Bonner and Galen Bacharier State inspectors cited the Greensboro daycare that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and his wife Yolanda Hill owned years ago for falsifying credential certificates. Now it’s the focus of a new campaign ad […]
Harris’ possible running mates have record of securing reproductive rights post Dobbs
The Democratic Party formally nominated Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday as its pick for the next commander-in-chief via virtual a roll call. Harris is expected to announce her running mate soon. Speculation over her vice presidential nominee has run rampant. States Newsroom’s Washington, D.C., bureau recently spoke with political experts who suspect Harris is looking for […]
Weekend humor from Celia Rivenbark: Women agents didn’t abandon prez for prostitutes
It’s not a great time to be a woman. We’ve lost fundamental rights we had for more than 50 years. If we do get a plum job, we risk the ire of know-nothings who think we only got it because of “DEI” which stands for “diversity, equity and inclusion.” DEI enjoyed a brief moment in […]
Mark Robinson sends cease-and-desist letter to Josh Stein over campaign ad scrutinizing his daycare
Attorneys for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign sent a cease-and-desist letter to Attorney General Josh Stein’s campaign after they aired an ad focusing on the daycare formerly operated by Robinson. The ad, “Unsafe,” details state citations of Precious Beginnings, a Greensboro daycare, from 2006 and 2007. Robinson’s attorneys alleged in a letter that the ad […]
Young voters mobilize for Kamala Harris in battleground North Carolina
Young voters were key to President Joe Biden’s election in 2020, and they prevented a red wave in 2022. They’re mobilizing again, this time for Kamala Harris. The vice president held a rally in Atlanta earlier this week joined by rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Quavo, catering towards the younger voters in the crowd. It’s […]
Mark Robinson backs 12-week abortion ban in campaign ad, after prior call for ‘no compromise’
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said he “stands by” North Carolina’s law banning abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in a new campaign ad, and backed “common sense exceptions” for cases involving rape, incest and risk to the life of the mother. The new ad, titled “Unscripted,” begins with Robinson detailing he and his wife Yolanda’s […]
The TV ad war begins in North Carolina as Harris and Trump campaigns go on air
Presidential ads have arrived in North Carolina — and they’re likely here to stay until November. Both major campaigns have launched TV ad buys across the state starting in August, with less than 100 days until the election. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is blanketing battleground states with advertising through the Democratic National Convention, while […]
Dozens testify against large liquified natural gas facility in Person County
Each morning, Jill Hoffman and her husband wake up to the sound of Dominion Energy’s bulldozers working on the Moriah Energy Center. They’ve lived in a home on 16 acres of wooded land for 22 years and planned to retire there. But they’re wary now due to their proximity to the planned liquified natural gas […]
Democrats contrast Vice President Kamala Harris’ abortion stance with that of Donald Trump
The national fight for reproductive freedom found its way to Durham on Thursday where several of the state’s top Democrats campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris, drawing sharp contrasts between Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s positions on abortion. Harris is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to […]
Gov. Roy Cooper: Donald Trump is trying to divide nation by questioning Harris’ race
Former President Donald Trump is attempting to divide the nation by falsely questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ race, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Thursday. “He’s [Trump] showing us who he is,” Cooper said during an interview with reporters following a reproductive freedom rally in Durham to support Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Trump questioned […]
On conservative talk show, Robinson likens DHHS review of wife’s nonprofit to Trump prosecutions
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said a compliance review conducted by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of his wife’s nonprofit is “politically motivated” and claimed the agency is being “weaponized” to target him and his family for political purposes. Robinson made the comments during a Wednesday appearance on […]
NC environmental regulators at war over water rules for ‘forever chemicals’
The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has privately leaned on the state’s powerful Environmental Management Commission to delay critical PFAS rules, emails obtained under state public records law show, including providing members with the résumé of a scientist who has downplayed the toxicity of the compounds. At the same time, a crisis involving these “forever […]
NC Board of Education takes a deeper dive into NIL compensation for student athletes
NIL — “name, image, and likeness” — deals are common in college athletics and for a year the N.C. High School Athletic Association allowed it. That was until June when the North Carolina State Board of Education reversed the NCHSAA position, adopting amateur rules for student athletes that prohibit NIL arrangements. But here’s the rub […]
Federal government pays $2 billion for farmer discrimination
North Carolina will realize a larger payout than all but three other states Tens of thousands of farmers or would-be farmers who say they suffered discrimination when they applied for assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will get one-time payments that total about $2 billion from the federal government. “While this financial assistance is […]
UNC should be more than a trade school
In a memo he sent introducing himself to the campus community, UNC-Chapel Hill interim chancellor Lee Roberts expressed a desire to move toward applied disciplines. He wanted steer more students into “high-demand fields” to satisfy “critical state needs.” This is corporate-speak, resonant of Roberts’s career in the financial sector, so insipid as to be almost […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touts ballot access efforts but faces challenges, including in North Carolina
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his campaign staff touted their progress in getting him on state ballots as a presidential candidate in a video news conference Wednesday, predicting people in every state will be able to vote for him. Campaign officials focused on volunteer signature-gathering efforts, but gaining ballot access has been a financial drain, […]
NC local and state officials call for cease-fire in the Middle East
Nearly 50 North Carolina state and local elected officials have signed a letter calling for a permanent cease-fire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The letter will be delivered to the members of the North Carolina congressional delegation and the Biden administration, according to two of the co-authors, State Representatives Maria Cervania (D-Wake) […]
NC House overrides three gubernatorial vetoes; Senate prospects unclear
The North Carolina House of Representatives acted quickly and with limited debate to override three gubernatorial vetoes on Wednesday. The trio of bills are related to low-speed vehicles, landlord-tenant disputes, and digital currency payments. In each case, at least two Democrats joined with all Republicans who were present to support the overrides. Although the Senate […]
School choice advocates want NC lawmakers to clear voucher waitlist, but vote unlikely until fall
Advocates for school choice called on North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday to clear the waitlist for families seeking scholarships under the state’s private school voucher program. Roughly 55,000 applicants are on the waitlist under the Opportunity Scholarship program for K-12 students. Lawmakers are unlikely to address the waitlist in the immediate future — the House came […]
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