This bill comes just months after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have forced local sheriffs to comply with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in holding individuals for whom the organization had issued a detainer.
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The state court agreed with the plaintiffs and declared the redrawn maps unconstitutional on Sept. 3, and ordered them redrawn again by Sept. 19.
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The plaintiffs are seeking to represent all current and future people held in DPS custody, and they are suing for declaratory and injunctive relief. If successful, this lawsuit could dramatically change the practices involving solitary confinement in North Carolina.
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After interim UNC-System President Bill Roper said he will not seek to serve in his role in a permanent capacity, the search for a new system president became even more uncertain. Though the names of candidates have not been released, one controversial public figure has been the topic of recent rumors: Tim Moore. Moore, the speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, has made his name by supporting fiscal prudence and controversial moves such as HB2. Some say Moore would be a poor leader for the UNC System given his history in the General Assembly, while others argue that he could be a viable candidate.
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The majority of recent bills that the General Assembly has passed are above the continuation budget from the last fiscal year. Gov. Cooper has signed all but one of the mini-budget bills that were copied from the budget he vetoed in June.
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Anna Richards, president of the local NAACP branch, won North Carolina branch president of the year.
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The suit requests that the court order the 2016 congressional district lines unusable and enforce the drawing of new, compliant district lines before the 2020 elections.
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Orange County Schools Board of Education released a statement denouncing the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacists and other hate groups.
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While traveling through campus, students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University commonly cross between North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District to its 13th district. A Republican lawmaker acknowledges that the strange division was a result of partisan gerrymandering. In the wake of a 2016 decision, students are fighting for proper representation. Students at North Carolina A&T demand representation that they can identify with, especially as Black voters represent a significant portion of the state's population. But gerrymandering goes even beyond misrepresentation; it can lead to extreme policy making that doesn't involve cooperation between parties.
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North Carolina won't have to redraw congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it does not have a role to play in cases of partisan gerrymandering.
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“I think that there’s not only issues of the storm events, but the fact that our own infrastructure doesn’t even meet the current standards.”
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Ice cream might join North Carolina's state symbols as the official frozen treat, but the bill still needs to pass.
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The N.C. General Assembly will begin talking about marijuana legalization in the new year, but if the proposal passes, it will be up to local governments to actually legalize it.
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that found North Carolina’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered in 2011.
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Historic Downtown Wilson seems, at first, to be the center of a typical Southern small town - its streets lined with beautiful old red brick buildings and friendly locals - until you drive up to the unusual spectacle of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park.
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If a new bill passes in the N.C. General Assembly, public universities could be required to impose sanctions on protestors who disrupt events or prevent others from exercising free speech rights.
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As President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office wind down, much of the legislation he hoped to pass seems to have come up short.
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For the state of North Carolina, poverty lives in rolling hills.
Read More »A bill in the N.C. Senate would require presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to appear on North Carolina ballots in future general elections.
Read More »Low-income black students are far more likely to graduate high school and consider a college education if they have had black elementary school teachers, a new study finds.
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