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Some coastal North Carolina communities are still waiting for $500 million in aid to recover from the flooding damage caused by Hurricane Matthew last year. After nearly a year residents and businesses are still waiting for the help they need to get back to normal life. With Harvey and Irma now demanding resources, it is…
Read MoreIt’s no longer just The Cape Fear River. High levels of chemicals are now being found in the ground water in Fayetteville. This highlights our need to increase funding to the Departrment of Environmental Quality, the agency who’s funding has been cut over and over again and currently has a 2 year backlog. So far…
Read MoreWith contaminated drinking water and now the repeal of the plastic bag ban people in Eastern North Carolina are feeling like their voices aren’t being heard by legislators in Raleigh. After repeated public outcry, coastal residents are feeling ignored. It’s time that representatives actually start representing the interest of their constituents and put people before…
Read MoreWith the new GOP budget, North Carolina drops to 43rd in the nation for per student spending. Legislators in Raleigh continue to give huge tax cuts to corporations, while our classrooms don’t even have pencils and paper. This is outrageous, as tax payers we expect our public schools to be funded fully, so that we…
Read MoreBetsy DeVos is asking Trump to remove Department of Education rules that protect victims of rape on campus. DeVos claims that women are falsely accusing their rapists, but this statement couldn’t be further from the truth. DeVos wants to make it even harder for rape survivors to come f… Read More
Read MoreDue to the fact that school supply funding, when adjusted for inflation and enrollment, has been cut in half over the last 10 years, teachers and parents are struggling to meet the needs of classrooms across the state. The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce heard the outcry of area teachers and held a drive to…
Read MoreIt’s clear from an email sent in 2016 that the McCrory administration was alerted to the presence of GenX in the Cape Fear River. Nothing, so far, has been done to help the people of Eastern North Carolina ensure the water they drink every day is safe. Residents deserve some answers about their water, and…
Read MoreSince the discovery of the chemical GenX in the Cape Fear River politicians in Raleigh have been using the crisis as a political football. Citizens have been clear on what they want: clean water NOW! So far we have seen nothing but stalling tactics and political games like repealing the ban on plastic bags in…
Read MoreTrying to defect blame, and without warning, Republican legislators tied the funding of the GenX research in the Cape Fear River to the repeal of the ban on plastic bags. And now the EPA is reporting even more potentially dangerous chemicals present in the river, with some saying it is the most polluted river in…
Read MoreLast week the republican-led Environmental Review Commission held a public meeting to make decisions on the GenX problem in the Cape Fear River. After over 3 hours of testimony the public was finally able to make comments, and the message was very clear: “stop playing politics with our water”. Governor Cooper requested a reasonable $2.6…
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