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The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is planning to install a water-treatment plant which would remove GenX and other pollutants (PFAS) from Wilmington customers’ water. The source of the pollution, Chemours, has stopped dumping PFAS into waterways and is incorporating new equipment to capture emissions. Experts plan to see a reduction of more than 70…
Read MoreThe North Carolina legislature continues to try to subvert the will of the people with extreme partisan gerrymandering, unfair voting laws, and attempts to rig our courts. So far courts have found all these attempts to be unconstitutional. Now, the GOP led General Assembly is trying to trick voters into putting these unfair laws into…
Read MoreEnvironmental justice has strong ties to economic and racial justice. Poor people, people of color, and people living in rural areas are disproportionately affected by climate change. In Forsyth County, coal ash from Belews Creek Steam Station is polluting drinking water and affecting the health of local residents. Belews Creek is a predominantly black community…
Read MoreSource: Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting After a panel of judges struck down two of the General Assembly’s misleading constitutional amendments, lawmakers decided to return for yet another special session on Friday to rewrite the ballot language for the two proposals. Unfortunately, no amount of rewrites can change these amendments from what they are — misleading attempts to eviscerate…
Read MoreFirst, every living former governor of NC spoke out against two amendments that seek to do away with the separation of powers in our state. Now, every living former chief justice of the state Supreme Court is also publicly opposing the amendments. When this many leaders on both sides of the aisle strongly oppose these…
Read MoreSource: Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting It’s an outrageous bullying tactic. Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the NCGOP, is threatening to impeach judges who don’t side with him. This is just another attempt to rig the system, this time with straight-up threats. This isn’t how democracy works. Everyone should remember in November how our current lawmakers…
Read MoreSeveral advocacy groups, including Progress, met in Greenville to speak on the issues of a second Trump Supreme Court confirmation. President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh after Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. Kavanaugh has a long history of ruling against contraception, abortion, and the Affordable Care Act, which makes his nomination all the more troubling. Because…
Read MoreMembers of anti-abortion group, Cities4Life, are complaining about police officers ‘infringing on their First Amendment rights’. An executive director of Cities4Life cites a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer as the source of concern. The CMPD officer threatened to issue a citation to a member under an ordinance that prohibits blocking or interfering with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.…
Read MoreThe Republicans in Raleigh are seeking to change the rules in the middle of the game. They are the ones who changed judicial elections to make them partisan. They are the ones who canceled judicial primaries. And now that all this effort to rig the system has backfired, they want a do-over. From WRAL: The…
Read MoreCurrent Gov. Roy Cooper isn’t the only state leader who is willing to call out the NCGOP on its constitutional amendments stunt. All five of NC’s former living governors, both Democrats and Republicans, appeared in an unprecedented press conference where they unanimously spoke against two of the proposed measures. From WRAL All five of North…
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