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The State Board of Elections released their objective audit a week ago and out of 4,769,640 votes cast in the 2016 presidential election in North Carolina, only one of them would have been void with the voter ID law. Last summer Phil Berger and Tim Moore’s voter ID law was struck down by a federal appellate…
Read MoreCharter schools are paid for by North Carolina taxpayers, so all North Carolina children should have equal opportunity to attend charter schools. However, a set of new bills in the General Assembly could change that. These bills would allow big corporations that donate land or equipment to the school to reserve up to 50% of…
Read MoreRALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement on Tuesday in response to the news that Trump spokesperson Kellyanne “Alternative Facts” Conway will be the keynote speaker of the NCGOP’s upcoming state convention: “It’s no surprise that the NCGOP is embracing the politics of deception enough to invite Kellyanne ‘Alternative Facts’ Conway to speak at their convention,”…
Read MoreRALEIGH — During all the commotion over Thursday’s vote to repeal parts of HB2 (while leaving other parts in place), one conspicuous absence went largely unnoticed: Sen. Chad Barefoot of Wake County, the son-in-law of N.C. Values Coalition director Tami Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald and her anti-LGBT lobbying group were instrumental in pushing Republicans to pass HB2…
Read MoreOn the heels of the AP report showing that HB2 will cost North Carolina nearly $4 billion, the News and Observer is out with a scathing editorial highlighting the hypocrisy from politicians in Raleigh on HB2 and jobs. From the News and Observer, Basically, Republicans are standing behind their horrendous mistake 1. because they can…
Read MoreEveryone knows that students cannot receive a good education without good teachers. And yet, North Carolina has consistently been ranked as one of the worst states for teachers. Budget cuts across the state have made it difficult for teachers to earn a living wage, let alone adequately teach their students. This results in a high teacher…
Read MoreAfter an analysis done by the Congressional Budget Office found major flaws in the GOP healthcare bill, Paul Ryan has acknowledged that if his proposal is to pass, parts of it have to be changed. With no Democrats expected to vote for the bill, 216 of the 237 House Republicans need to vote in favor…
Read MoreOn Monday, FBI Director James Comey announced the FBI is investigating the Trump campaign’s Russian ties and said they will investigate no matter how long it takes. Despite the White House and Trump adamantly claiming there has been no Russian interference, there have been proven connections between individuals in the administration and Russia. For example,…
Read MoreFord proposes an indefinite moratorium on nondiscrimination ordinances, which he opposed in December RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement in response to Sen. Joel Ford’s new legislation proposing an indefinite moratorium on local nondiscrimination ordinances: “Sen. Ford opposed the Senate’s moratorium proposal in December because it went back on the deal Republican…
Read More“Where is the compassion?” This is a question that Lynn Edwards, a North Carolina resident, has for Republicans after they announced their replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act. This new plan could leave up to 24 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, and the design of it would cost the old and…
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