Eleanore Wood

WRAL: ‘Silent Sam’ deal cost UNC-CH a $1.5M grant from major foundation donor

By Eleanore Wood / December 16, 2019 / Comments Off on WRAL: ‘Silent Sam’ deal cost UNC-CH a $1.5M grant from major foundation donor

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in the world and they are in the final stages of withdrawing their grant after finding out the UNC Board of Governors agreed to a settlement giving the Sons of Confederate Veterans the monument and $2.5 million to maintain it. The Andrew W.…

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WBTV 3: NC teachers back governor’s choice to veto pay-raise bills

By Eleanore Wood / November 15, 2019 / Comments Off on WBTV 3: NC teachers back governor’s choice to veto pay-raise bills

Educators support Gov. Cooper’s veto of the GOP’s latest paltry pay plan for public school educators and urge Democratic lawmakers to continue standing up for public education by sustaining the governor’s veto and stopping Republican leaders from giving away another billion dollars in corporate tax cuts. From WBTV 3: He vetoed bills offering pay increases,…

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Top Republican in NC Senate Using Political Donors to Pay for His Personal Downtown Raleigh Townhome Investment

By Eleanore Wood / November 11, 2019 / Comments Off on Top Republican in NC Senate Using Political Donors to Pay for His Personal Downtown Raleigh Townhome Investment

Senate President Phil Berger (R-Rockingham Co.) is defending himself against a State Board of Elections complaint filed against him which exposes how Berger has been using political campaign contributions to pay the mortgage on his Raleigh townhome. Berger claims the SBE has twice approved his campaign making the regular mortgage payments. But only Berger and another…

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NC Teachers Back Governor’s Choice to Veto Pay-Raise Bills

By Eleanore Wood / November 8, 2019 / Comments Off on NC Teachers Back Governor’s Choice to Veto Pay-Raise Bills

Gov. Cooper on Friday vetoed what he called “paltry” pay raises for public school educators that were passed by state lawmakers with almost no Democratic votes in the state legislature. Teachers stood with Gov. Cooper during his veto announcement and teachers across the state are thanking Cooper for standing up for public education and against…

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Star News: Educators urge Gov. Cooper to veto pay raise bill

By Eleanore Wood / November 8, 2019 / Comments Off on Star News: Educators urge Gov. Cooper to veto pay raise bill

From Star News By Joey ChandlerPosted Nov 7, 2019 at 6:21 PM    From Star News Online If passed, North Carolina teachers would receive a 3.9 percent raise over two years and not the governor’s proposed nine percent. Cars zoomed past the corner of Shipyard Blvd and 41st Street while Hoggard High School chemistry teacher Amanda White spoke from behind a podium…

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WECT News 6: Teachers say they’re unhappy with current state of pay raise bill

By Eleanore Wood / November 8, 2019 / Comments Off on WECT News 6: Teachers say they’re unhappy with current state of pay raise bill

From WECT News 6 By Bryant Reed| November 7, 2019 at 6:55 PM EST – Updated November 7 at 9:08 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Local teachers and state representative Harper Peterson joined forces Thursday to call on Governor Roy Cooper to veto a spending bill that would increase their pay. Though vetoing a bill to give…

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WAYY News 3: TEACHERS PROTEST GOP-PROPOSED PAY INCREASE

By Eleanore Wood / November 8, 2019 / Comments Off on WAYY News 3: TEACHERS PROTEST GOP-PROPOSED PAY INCREASE

From WAYY News 3 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Teachers in our area and across the state are asking Governor Roy Cooper to veto a pay raise put forward by Republican lawmakers. A news conference was held outside of Hoggard High School Thursday afternoon. Governor Cooper’s original budget proposal included an average nine percent raise for…

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Ruling on gerrymandered legislative maps appealed to state Supreme Court

By Eleanore Wood / November 5, 2019 / Comments Off on Ruling on gerrymandered legislative maps appealed to state Supreme Court

Last week, a three-judge panel struck down North Carolina’s gerrymandered congressional maps but approved the General Assembly’s redrawn legislative maps. However, the plaintiffs in the case have now appealed the panel’s ruling on the legislative maps to the state Supreme Court — so it remains to be seen whether we will have yet ANOTHER set of maps…

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Carolina Public Press: NC legislature lurches toward an ending — for now

By Eleanore Wood / November 1, 2019 / Comments Off on Carolina Public Press: NC legislature lurches toward an ending — for now

State lawmakers are leaving Raleigh on Halloween — 123 days into the not-so-new budget year — without passing a full state budget. Yesterday, Republicans held teacher pay raises hostage to try to get Democrats to override the Governor’s veto of the budget. Completely ignoring the public’s clear mandate to expand affordable health care Republicans tried…

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Former North Carolina U.S. Senator Kay Hagan dies at 66.

By Eleanore Wood / October 28, 2019 / Comments Off on Former North Carolina U.S. Senator Kay Hagan dies at 66.

Today we deeply mourn the loss of Kay Hagan. She served in the NCGA for 10 years and in the US senate for 6. She was a key vote in the passing of the Affordable Care Act and always represented our state with courage and grace. From Politico: Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who…

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