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Senate Bill 512 takes parts of nine board and commission appointments held by Cooper, a Democrat, and moves them to the General Assembly where Republicans have a supermajority in both chambers.
North Carolina Republicans are continuing to push the state down the path of right-wing extremism after unveiling an array of anti-trans legislation that targets children over the last week and a half.
Democrats, advocates and progressive groups are all calling on Rep. Tricia Cotham to resign after betraying her constituents and joining the NCGOP.
It took more than a decade of work by advocates and state Democrats, but earlier this week North Carolina became the 40th state to expand Medicaid.
The governor’s budget proposal calls for an average teacher pay raise of 18%, which would make North Carolina’s teacher pay tops in the Southeast, instead of one of the worst.
The case involving the state’s school equity plan – known as Leandro – began in 1994 and 29 years later, public schools have yet to be fully funded thanks to Republicans’ efforts to prevent that from happening.
The state House Education committee held a hearing on House Bill 187 this week, a bill that would ban K-12 schools from teaching about systemic racism.
The Freedom to Vote Act would make voting more accessible and end gerrymandering – two things that have helped Republicans remain in power in the legislature.
Six sheriffs who serve more than three million North Carolinians are standing up against legislation that would force them to act as ICE agents.
For now, North Carolina remains the last safeguard for abortion access to millions of Americans across the southeast.