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Preview: 5 top issues to watch during North Carolina’s legislative short session
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"I would rather be talking about, you know, how to protect the environment,” Prather said. “I would...
“We can make more success stories”: State leaders mobilize to strengthen reentry support
WUNC Chapel Hill· 24 hours agoNinety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina prisons will one day return home — roughly 18,000 people this year alone. A report released this month by the North Carolina Sentencing ...
When conservatives balk at scrutinizing public spending
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor many years, it’s been a mantra on the political right that state government should be “run like...
Gov. Roy Cooper shows support for extending Affordable Connectivity Program amid NC digital divide
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 6 days agoGovernor Roy Cooper recently highlighted North Carolina and the 1.1 million people here lacking...
Will NC pass medical marijuana this year? This Democrat may not lend his support again
The News & Observer· 2 days agoDespite repeated efforts to pass a medical marijuana legalization bill by a powerful Republican lawmaker, North Carolina remains one of just a few states to not permit the drug’s medical or ...
Trump event in Wilmington canceled as severe weather reaches the region
The News & Observer· 7 days agoThe campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Wilmington has been canceled due to severe weather. Trump was scheduled to take the stage at 7 p.m. “They’ve asked us to ask people to ...
Under the Dome: Gov. Cooper makes big budget asks
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFunding for teacher assistants. Expansion of teaching fellow scholarships. A $2.5 billion bond referendum on ballots this fall...pay for 90 new...
North Carolina governor seeks to halt GOP’s favored policies as legislature resumes
NBC 17 Raleigh· 3 days agoThe North Carolina General Assembly returned Wednesday for its budget-adjustment session, receiving...
