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Over the last 12-plus years of Republican rule at the General Assembly, North Carolina’s state fiscal system has been almost completely overhauled. Thanks to a combination of big, repeated, and regressive tax and spending cuts, public investments in core public services and structures like education have fallen dramatically while the taxes paid by wealthy individuals […]

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North Carolina’s new and restrictive abortion law took effect July first and it bans almost all abortions after 12 weeks gestation and imposes enormous new burdens on women and healthcare providers from the moment of conception. In an effort to further understand the impact the new law has had since it was implemented, NC Newsline […]

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There’s a widespread perception in many circles these days that Washington has become a city completely paralyzed by political gridlock. As NC Newsline was reminded, however, in a recent conversation with North Carolina Sixth District Congresswoman, Kathy Manning, in many areas, this is actually not the case. Indeed, as Manning reported, she’s succeeded in recent […]

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If there’s been a dominant story during the 2023 state legislative session it’s been Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes and the revived ability that Republican lawmakers enjoy to override them — after having obtained supermajorities in both legislative houses as a result of the party switch of a longtime Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg […]

The post Senator Mike Woodard on the delayed NC budget, pending veto overrides, and election law changes appeared first on NC Newsline.

Wetlands. To some they may seem like unsightly swamps but as we’ve come to understand in recent decades, wetlands are an absolutely essential part of global ecosystems and something that we plow over and develop at our own peril. Worrisomely, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling promises to invite the destruction of vast swaths of […]

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