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From The Greensboro News & Record: Critics slam judicial restructuring

By Logan Smith / December 1, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record: Critics slam judicial restructuring

The politicians in Raleigh have already tried to rig the system and cheat voters with racial gerrymandering and unconstitutional voting restrictions that were struck down by the courts. The politicians didn’t like the court rulings, so now they’re trying to change the judges to cement their control.  From The Greensboro News & Record: GREENSBORO —…

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From The Winston Salem Journal: Tax bill would hurt graduate students like me

By Eleanore Wood / November 30, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Winston Salem Journal: Tax bill would hurt graduate students like me

The tax reform bill currently being considered by the Senate is going to hit graduate students hard.  By removing student loan interest deductions, and by making waived tuitions taxable income many students face having to quit their studies all together as the tax burden is so high it would make it impossible for them continue. …

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Huffington Post: Missouri’s New Waiting Period Law Is Already Driving Women To Seek Help Elsewhere

By Eleanore Wood / November 29, 2017 / Comments Off on Huffington Post: Missouri’s New Waiting Period Law Is Already Driving Women To Seek Help Elsewhere

In late October, a bill was passed in Missouri that requires women to attend a state-mandated counseling session three days before having an abortion. This is one of the longest waiting periods in the country. Because of this waiting period, and the lack of abortion clinics in Missouri, women seeking abortion care are being forced out…

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From WRAL: Attorneys: Duke knew about coal ash concerns in 1980s, didn’t act

By Eleanore Wood / November 29, 2017 / Comments Off on From WRAL: Attorneys: Duke knew about coal ash concerns in 1980s, didn’t act

Duke energy knew they had a coal ash containment problem. The energy company allowed it’s dirty coal ash to be dumped into the Dan River poisoning the drinking water of North Carolina families. Now, they want to charge their customers to clean it up and pay for the bottled water they have been giving to…

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From The Greensboro News & Record: ‘Empty chair town hall’ on judicial issues to be held in Greensboro

By Eleanore Wood / November 28, 2017 / Comments Off on From The Greensboro News & Record: ‘Empty chair town hall’ on judicial issues to be held in Greensboro

Concerned voters and members of the legal community will join NC Voters for Clean Elections, Democracy NC, NC NAACP, the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad, and Progress NC in Greensboro on Thursday, November 30 at 7:00pm for an “Empty Chair Town Hall” spotlighting attempts by state lawmakers to rig the judicial system…

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From The News & Observer: An independent judiciary is under siege in Washington and NC

By Eleanore Wood / November 27, 2017 / Comments Off on From The News & Observer: An independent judiciary is under siege in Washington and NC

It is clear that Republicans in North Carolina and Washington are trying to seize control of our independent courts. Here in North Carolina lawmakers in Raleigh have canceled the 2018 judicial primary, want to cut all judge’s terms from 4-8 years down to 2, and propose to do away with election of judges all together…

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From WFAE: Charlotte Talks: NC Courts Become Focus Of Lawmakers’ Tweaks

By Eleanore Wood / November 21, 2017 / Comments Off on From WFAE: Charlotte Talks: NC Courts Become Focus Of Lawmakers’ Tweaks

Republicans in Raleigh do not like losing in court.  Their unconstitutional voter suppression tactics continue to be struck down by judges in North Carolina. The GOP’s solution is to take over the courts and rig them in their favor.  So far Republicans have politicized the election of judges, canceled the 2018 judicial primaries, proposed reducing…

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From EdNC: Teachers work second jobs to make ends meet

By Eleanore Wood / November 20, 2017 / Comments Off on From EdNC: Teachers work second jobs to make ends meet

More than half of North Carolina public school teachers work second jobs to make ends meet.  North Carolina lawmakers refuse to prioritize public education and it is putting stress on our very important educators.  Teachers are spending on average $500 on essential school supplies for their classrooms because of funding cuts over the last decade. …

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Billmoyers.com: By the Numbers: Abortion in the US

By Eleanore Wood / November 17, 2017 / Comments Off on Billmoyers.com: By the Numbers: Abortion in the US

Despite the passage of Roe v. Wade 44 years ago, there has been an unsettling number of abortion restrictions in the United States that show just how much we must keep fighting for affordable and accessible abortion care. There has been more than 1,140 abortion restrictions since Roe v. Wade, showing that despite abortion being…

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From The News & Record: Former judges say N.C. judiciary is under siege

By Eleanore Wood / November 17, 2017 / Comments Off on From The News & Record: Former judges say N.C. judiciary is under siege

Judges all over North Carolina are speaking out against the General Assembly’s plan to rig our courts by politicizing judge races, eliminating judicial primaries, reducing judicial terms from 4-8 years down to 2, and possibly eliminating judicial elections altogether.  The judicial branch of our government was established to be independent, impartial and equal.  Republicans in Raleigh…

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