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Nearly three-quarters of NC voters say school shootings could be reduced through meaningful action by elected officials RALEIGH — In the wake of the most recent deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a new poll commissioned by Progress NC Action shows wide support among North Carolina voters for a range of common-sense gun safety solutions.…
Read MoreFlip Benham has harassed and threatened those at A Preferred Woman’s Health Center on Latrobe Drive in Charlotte day after day. He has led anti-abortion protests outside of the city on many occasions. Saturday, he threatened a clinic volunteer and was subsequently arrested. Prior to this arrest at A Preferred Woman’s Health Center he had…
Read MoreIn January the North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill that would allocate $2.3 million to addressing the GenX pollution in the drinking water. Senator Phil Berger said publically that the Senate would not even look at the bill. Why doesn’t the GOP-led Senate want clean water for the people they represent? It’s time…
Read MoreDemocracy in North Carolina is under attack by the GOP. Since 2011 Republicans have tried to seize control of all branches of government. They have employed unconstitutional extreme partisan and racial gerrymandering to secure their positions effectively chosing their voters rather than allowing voters to choose their representatives. They have tried to suppress voters by…
Read MoreCrisis Pregnancy Centers pop up when you ask Google where you can receive abortion care. While there are nearly 3,000 CPCs in America and only 800 abortion clinics, this is absurd. Women seeking abortion care via Google should not have to worry about being led astray to a Crisis Pregnancy Center. This is yet another…
Read MoreOklahoma lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require those seeking abortion care to get a written consent from their partner. One Republican lawmaker defended this ridiculous bill by stating that women are mere hosts and that pregnant bodies are not their own. This is absolutely ridiculous — it is simply yet another law meant to…
Read MoreThe North Carolina General Assembly has known about the growing GenX contamination in the drinking water since June. They have done next to nothing about it. Rather than making the health of the people of North Carolina a priority, Phil Berger and the Senate have decided that doing nothing is better than increasing regulations on polluters or…
Read MorePoliticians controlling NC’s state legislature are turning our children into political hostages by making school funding dependent on a number of unrelated “poison pill” provisions designed to get Democrats to oppose the legislation. The State Board of Elections and the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline have nothing to do with school funding. Republican leaders simply…
Read MoreFor years the Republican-led General Assembly has been trying to take control of the courts. They made judicial elections partisan. They canceled the primary election for judges. And, most recently, have attempted to gerrymander the judicial districts and even do away with the election of judges altogether. North Carolinians made it clear how they felt…
Read MoreLongtime public school veteran Tom Benton is right to be worried about North Carolina’s public schools. With constant cuts to supply budgets, a serious teacher shortage, and an erosion of the commitment to diversity schools in North Carolina are certainly in trouble. Lawmakers in Raleigh aren’t prioritizing education and instead are giving tax cuts to the…
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