It’s hard to believe it, but the 2024 Super Tuesday presidential primary in which North Carolina will play a big role, is just a little over eight months away, and already the fields of Republican challengers – both for the presidency and Governor of North Carolina – are full of candidates. And while this reality […]

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It’s Pride Month – the time of year in which people across the globe celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and its history, culture, and rights. And while much encouraging progress continues to be made in this realm, this year’s celebration comes at a difficult and troubling time for those who support human rights. Kendra Johnson, the […]

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North Carolina enacted a big and transformative change to the state’s juvenile justice system a few years back when it became the last state in the union to raise the age from 16 to 18 at which a young person accused of a crime is automatically treated as an adult. The change was a good […]

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The school year for colleges and universities has come to an end, but that’s done nothing to stop the steady drumbeat of big stories and policy controversies that continue to emerge in the world of higher education. Recently NC Newsline investigative reporter Joe Killian sat down for a special extended conversation in which we discussed […]

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North Carolina is about to implement some big and dramatic changes to the way it regulates voting and conducts elections. Going forward, all voters – even those who vote by mail – must produce a photo ID. Meanwhile, another bill recently introduced by Republican lawmakers would impose additional restrictions on voting by mail and same-day […]

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The laws governing voting in our state are about to undergo some big and controversial changes, including the introduction of a photo ID requirement for all voters – even those who vote by mail. Proponents claim that the changes are about making our elections more secure, but skeptics argue that the real motivation is to […]

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Under legislation making its way through the General Assembly this session, North Carolina will soon dramatically expand its controversial private school vouchers program so that households of all incomes will be eligible to receive a state subsidy to send their kids to private school. The multi-million-dollar expansion comes at the same moment that the state’s […]

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As NC Newsline investigative reporter Lisa Sorg has been detailing in a new series of special reports, the county of 100,000-plus residents – most of whom are poor and/or people of color – is literally inundated with mind-boggling quantities of toxic chemicals and animal waste. What’s more, as we learned in a conversation with Sorg, […]

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Among the many vexing challenges facing state government agencies in North Carolina these days is this: finding and keeping qualified workers. Across the state, job vacancies and turnover are extremely high. Even when agencies find good people, keeping them from departing for better paying jobs in the private sector is often impossible. Fortunately, the causes […]

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The Fines and Fees Justice Center recently worked with the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University Law School to produce a new and damning report entitled “Debt Sentence: How Fines and Fees Hurt Working Families.” As the title implies, the report explains how the runaway costs of court fines and fees often […]

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