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The former Chair of the NC Republican Party is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in what is the state’s largest case of political bribery. Robin Hayes, a former Congressman, is expected to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating an alleged scheme to funnel $2 MILLION in campaign donations to Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey and the…
Read MoreEarlier this month, a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court ruled unanimously in the case of Common Cause v. Lewis that the General Assembly violated the state constitution when it gerrymandered legislative districts for partisan gain. The court gave the legislature until Sept. 18 to draw new House and Senate districts, applying strict nonpartisan criteria…
Read MoreSince they didn’t have the votes to override Gov. Cooper’s budget veto honestly, House Republicans decided to lie and cheat their way to victory RALEIGH — Over 100 outraged North Carolina voters joined Democratic lawmakers outside the General Assembly on Thursday to demand the resignation of Speaker Tim Moore over House Republicans’ dishonest and cowardly override of…
Read MoreSince they didn’t have the votes to override Gov. Cooper’s budget veto honestly, House Republicans decided to lie and cheat their way to victory in the NC House RALEIGH — The list of times Republicans in the General Assembly have said one thing and done another could stretch from Murphy to Manteo, but the GOP…
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, President Trump accused Jewish people who vote for Democrats of being “disloyal.” This is the same person who has referred to neo-Nazis and KKK members as “very fine people.” On Friday, a group of Thom Tillis’s constituents and members of the Triangle Jewish community attempted to meet with the senator and urge…
Read MoreStudents in most North Carolina districts are headed back to school today, but school districts still don’t know how much money to expect from the state this year because of the GOP budget standoff. Instead of using North Carolina’s $900 million budget surplus to restore public school funding and expand health care access for working…
Read MoreGOP placing additional burdens on law enforcement and making communities less safe in order to score cheap political points RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement in response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 370: “This bill forcing local sheriff deputies to act like Donald Trump’s personal deportation squad would only…
Read MoreAs the state legislature’s GOP leaders visits NC A&T and UNC-Greensboro on Tuesday, the budget standoff continues as GOP leaders deny reality of need to compromise GREENSBORO — More than five weeks after Gov. Roy Cooper submitted a compromise budget proposal to Republican leaders with no response, NC Senate President Phil Berger and NC House…
Read MoreLast week, Progress NC and a number of other organizations including the Guilford Co. Association of Educators, the NC Black Alliance, and Indivisible Guilford County, held a budget town hall in High Point with local lawmakers. Sen. Michael Garrett, Rep. Amos Quick, and Rep. Ashton Clemmons all promised to stand up for public schools by…
Read MoreGov. Cooper offered a budget compromise more than two weeks ago. GOP response? No negotiation. No votes to override Cooper veto. And now only fewer GOP votes to count on. RALEIGH — It has been more than two weeks since Gov. Cooper offered a budget compromise to Republican leaders after vetoing their budget proposal, but…
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