Eleanore Wood
“Berger King” and the rest of the legislature arrived at the General Assembly on Saturday, August 4th to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes. One bill that would make sure that 6 constitutional amendments on the ballot will have no descriptions, making it very difficult for voters to know what they actually do. The other is to…
Read More“Berger King” and the rest of the legislature arrived at the General Assembly on Saturday, August 4th to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes. One bill that would make sure that 6 constitutional amendments on the ballot will have no descriptions, making it very difficult for voters to know what they actually do. The other is to…
Read MoreTrump ran on anti-abortion rhetoric and claimed he would overturn Roe v. Wade. If his supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is confirmed Trump will have the means to make good on his campaign promise. This is alarming to a Charlotte abortion provider who’s had to deal with almost 20,000 protestors in the past year. She knows…
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s proposed domestic gag rule is another clear attack on abortion access. The rule mimics a 90s executive order in Colorado. Trump is forcing health clinics to “disentangle” themselves from abortion services or lose federal funding. In Colorado, it was nearly impossible to prove health clinics were separate from abortion services. Nearly half of Planned…
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s proposed domestic gag rule is another clear attack on abortion access. The rule mimics a 90s executive order in Colorado. Trump is forcing health clinics to “disentangle” themselves from abortion services or lose federal funding. In Colorado, it was nearly impossible to prove health clinics were separate from abortion services. Nearly half of Planned…
Read MoreLawmakers plan to write misleading descriptions of proposed constitutional amendments and eliminate voters’ right to weigh in on ballot language RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement Tuesday in response to the General Assembly’s “surprise special session” convening today: “The proposed amendments were already a cynical ploy to boost conservative turnout at the expense of the state…
Read MoreGeneral Assembly’s lack of concern for public education keeping potential jobs out of North Carolina RALEIGH — North Carolina dropped four spots in CNBC’s 2018 rankings of the best states for businesses, with CNBC reporting that “underfunded schools are infringing on success” in North Carolina thanks to lawmakers who refuse to make meaningful improvements to classroom funding in our…
Read MoreProposed amendment would ask voters to blindly trust politicians who have already racially gerrymandered a broken legislature RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement on Friday regarding the passage of a proposed Voter ID constitutional amendment that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and will undoubtedly result in even more unconstitutional voter suppression: “Trusting this legislature to…
Read MoreAnswer: Yes From the Raleigh News & Observer: RALEIGH — North Carolina voters could get a chance to limit how much their state income taxes will rise — a change that education groups warn could have devastating consequences on the state’s public schools. State legislators are considering this week putting on the November ballot an amendment…
Read MoreOver 2,000 immigrant children and babies have been separated from their families and placed into shelters and camps since April of this year. This practice is immoral, inhumane, and un-American. That’s why North Carolinians took to the streets on Wednesday to demand an end to the Trump Administration’s human rights abuses, and for families to…
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