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The Republican-led General Assembly had the chance to stop Duke Energy from charging customers to clean up their coal ash disaster, they did nothing.  Now the utility monopoly wants to charge customers for the cost of the cleanup.  A 20% increase in energy cost is, for many, unaffordable.  The people of North Carolina are speaking…

The Republican-led General Assembly continues to try to pass unconstitutional laws to cement their power.  The courts continue to overturn them.  Republicans are trying to radically remake the North Carolina court system in order to place their political allies on the bench instead of fairly elected judges.  They want to use the courts as a…

A three-judge panel struck down North Carolina’s congressional maps for unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.  Republican’s in Raleigh seeking to stall yet again asked the court to delay the ruling. Those judges denied Republican’s stall tactics and now they must draw new maps in the next week.  This is why the GOP in North Carolina is trying to…

Hundreds of people gathered at the North Carolina legislature to demand that lawmakers keep our courts fair and independent.  Since 2013 fourteen of the General Assembly’s unconstitutional laws have been struck down by the courts.  So the politicians want total control in order to make sure their unfair and unconstitutional laws are no longer stopped…

It was a cold morning in Asheville but that didn’t stop residents, activists, and lawmakers from standing in front of the Buncombe County Courthouse and speaking out for fair courts in North Carolina. Top legislators in Raleigh want to rig the court system so they can pass unconstitutional voter suppression laws unchallenged. They would like to…

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 —…

Progress NC Action released the following statement on Tuesday in response to the House and Senate voting to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 645, which cancels next year’s primary elections for judicial races: “The Republican-controlled General Assembly’s contempt for democracy and the voters of North Carolina is astounding,” said Gerrick Brenner, executive…

Progress NC Action released the following statement on Tuesday in response to Republican congressmen Ted Budd and Mark Walker joining state lawmakers Jon Hardister, Rick Gunn, and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest to tout Donald Trump’s tax plan which would give huge tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of working families. “It’s no wonder North Carolina Republicans…

Logan Smith, Communications Director of Progress NC Action, is the man running the Twitter handle @YesYoureRacist. With the help of his followers, he’s called out several of those who attended the protests in Charlottesville over the weekend.  From Raleigh News & Observer: In the past, Smith’s account has mostly just retweeted people making statements Logan…