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Outrageously the current state legislature, which has been found to be illegally elected by the US Supreme Court, now wants to draw similar maps for our judicial districts. This new judicial redistricting plan is a thinly veiled attempt for Republicans to gain more power. If the courts are just as gerrymandered as the legislature Republicans could…
Read MoreIt is true that after adjusting for inflation and enrollment North Carolina classrooms are getting 53% less for classroom supplies than they were 10 years ago. Teachers and families are desperately trying to provide pencils and paper out of their own pockets. Why is the General Assembly treating these items like luxuries? From The Greensboro…
Read MoreLegislators in Raleigh had the chance to prevent Duke Energy from raising their rates to pay for their coal ash mess and they didn’t do it. Families in North Carolina who currently have high levels of toxic hexavalent chromium in their water, and still are drinking bottled water years after it’s discovery, are now being told they…
Read MoreOur current GOP-led legislature continues to cut funding to watchdog agencies protecting our air and water and are lenient on polluters. Legislators in Raleigh had the opportunity to stop Duke Energy from raising their rates to pay for coal ash cleanup and they didn’t do it. Now, unsurprisingly, Duke wants a rate hike that would…
Read MoreProtests at A Preferred Women’s Health Center in Charlotte have been going on for years, especially on weekends. Just two weeks ago, on a Saturday, hundreds of protesters from local churches gathered outside of the clinic screaming and praying and harassing every single person that visited the clinic. In lieu of this, the Charlotte City Council…
Read MoreThe Graham-Cassidy plan appears to be dead in the water for now. However, Republicans are still determined to pass legislation that will gut medicaid, remove protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and charge the sick and the elderly much more. The latest CBO report finds that millions of Americans would lose coverage all together under…
Read MoreLegislators in Raleigh after learning of high levels of toxic GenX in the Cape Fear River and now in the well waters around the Chemours plant in Fayetteville, offered a pitiful amount of money to a local water utility as well as rolling back environmental protections which included repealing the plastic bag ban. This bill…
Read MoreThe newest ACA repeal attempt is yet another attack on women’s rights. This bill would eliminate access to contraceptives and cut abortion funding. In 2015, 6.2 million American women received contraception through public funding. Trump and the Graham-Cassidy bill will cut this funding leaving millions without proper access to contraceptives and abortion care. From Washington…
Read MoreWhen adjusted for inflation and enrollment classroom supply funding has dropped by 53% over the last ten years. Classrooms are really feeling the squeeze as teachers and parents are spending hundreds out of their pockets to provide essentials. The North Carolina legislature has failed to invest in our public education, depriving students of their right…
Read MoreThe North Carolina state legislature had an opportunity to protect consumers from coal ash clean up costs and they refused. The General Assembly passed a coal ash “cleanup” bill that allows Duke Energy to leave coal ash in 10 of its 14 unlined pits across the state. What’s more, the bill allows Duke to pass…
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