Federal legislation increases accommodations for pregnant workers at UNC
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers, like UNC, to provide reasonable accommodations for workers with limitations related to pregnancy, ...
Read More »The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers, like UNC, to provide reasonable accommodations for workers with limitations related to pregnancy, ...
Read More »The N.C. General Assembly passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on June 22. This bill will ban young transgender women from participating in school-based ...
Read More »On June 23, the Town of Chapel Hill received a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant for $1,000,000. This grant will ...
Read More »The N.C. General Assembly is currently working on a compromise budget proposal between the N.C. House and N.C. Senate for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The ...
Read More »Abortion providers in North Carolina, including Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, filed a federal lawsuit on June 16 addressing parts of Senate Bill ...
Read More »Here are some of the biggest pieces of legislation coming out of the N.C. General Assembly this summer.
Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday morning 6-3 that state legislatures do not have sole authority over redistricting, as was argued by North Carolina ...
Read More »House Bill 823 — which passed the N.C. House in May and is currently in the N.C. Senate Rules Committee — would expand the Opportunity Scholarship ...
Read More »House Bill 607 prohibits UNC System schools and community colleges from compelling students, faculty and administrators to express a given view of social ...
Read More »Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for public education in a special address on May 22. In his speech, he said legislation introduced ...
Read More »The North Carolina athletic landscape has changed in the past year with the passage of new policies — including in NIL, sports betting and legislation ...
Read More »At the UNC Board of Trustees board meeting on May 18, board members discussed updates to the planning of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, swore ...
Read More »S.B. 20, most of which goes into effect on July 1, prohibits abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy and medication abortion after 10 weeks of pregnancy. Physicians ...
Read More »On Saturday, May 13, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 20 — which would ban abortions in North Carolina after 12 weeks with some exceptions — in ...
Read More »The "Care for Women, Children and Families Act," sponsored by N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore (R- Cleveland, Rutherford) and N.C. Senate President Pro Tem ...
Read More »Gov. Cooper’s veto was overridden by both houses of the NCGA on Tuesday. The votes were along party lines — 30-20 in the Senate and 72-48 in the House. S.B. ...
Read More »"The N.C. General Assembly will have full power over redistricting, which needs to be completed before the 2024 elections."
Read More »Court-imposed fees in North Carolina have increased by 400 percent over the past 20 years, according to the North Carolina Justice Center. These fees ...
Read More »House Bill 676, filed on April 18 by N.C. Rep. John Autry (D-Mecklenburg), proposes a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking.” ...
Read More »“I want people to know that we are a tribal entity, we are a tribal government, we are a government that is self-sustaining,” John Lowery, chairperson ...
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