NC lawmakers exempt themselves from public records laws while Democrats blast 'secret police' powers (www.wunc.org)
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force" (popular.info)
North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law (theintercept.com)
Provision in NC budget could shield lawmaker records from public (www.wral.com)
A paragraph in the new state budget that North Carolina lawmakers plan to finalize this week would empower state legislators to decide which records in their offices are public and which ones they keep private. The provision, part of a 625-page budget bill that Republican legislative leaders released Wednesday ahead of approval...
Marijuana legalization wins broad support in historic vote by NC Cherokee tribe (www.charlotteobserver.com)
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A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024 (www.npr.org)
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Court denies Texas Pete hot sauce maker’s request to dismiss lawsuit accusing North Carolina manufacturer of false advertising (myfox8.com)
A California court says it won’t buck the false advertising case against the maker of North Carolina-based hot sauce Texas Pete, meaning this battle is only just heating up....
Voters Can Now Get Free Photo ID Cards from County Boards of Elections (www.ncsbe.gov)
Registered voters who do not have an acceptable form of identification for voting purposes can now get a free photo ID from their county board of elections office. No special documents are needed. Voters will simply provide their name, date of birth, and the last four digits of their Social Security number, and have their photo...
Top North Carolina Republicans privately encouraged then-Democrat Tricia Cotham to run for the state House in 2022, a year before she switched parties and gave the GOP a veto-proof majority (www.businessinsider.com)
Two of North Carolina’s top GOP leaders encouraged Tricia Cotham to run for office last year, per The Times....
NC State Income Tax Refund Status
2022 was my first year filing with NC as my state of residence....
Revised Senate bill includes restricting content of books in school libraries (abc11.com)
Of all of the issues in the NC school system, surely there are better things for the legislature to be trying to screw with than to worry about if the school library is stocking books that might make the kids think…deity forbid, we can’t have to much of that sort of thing....
North Carolina medical marijuana bill likely dead for this year, House speaker says (www.wral.com)
NC By Train– expansion, promotion, reflection (andytalksurbanism.substack.com)
Exciting transit news from North Carolina! Our state’s passenger rail system, NC By Train, has added a fifth round-trip train from Charlotte to Raleigh to its daily schedule.
University of North Carolina to provide free tuition for NC families making less than $80,000 a year (lemmy.world)
If you live in Durham- there's a signature drive for fully funding the HEART program as an alternative for folks to call when having a mental health crisis or otherwise need unarmed assistance (www.heartdrm.com)
From the website linked: In June 2022, City of Durham’s Community Safety Department launched the HEART program to offer the care that Durham residents need when we’re experiencing nonviolent mental health crises or quality of life concerns. They offer crisis call diversion, care navigation, and community response. During the...
New voter ID rules in NC: What you need to know to vote in North Carolina in 2023 (triangleblogblog.com)
What's up North Carolina? What are your summer plans?
Have any cool plans for the upcoming July 4 holiday? How about any fun vacation plans (within NC) coming up?
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE (boltsmag.org)
Common ground between NC-11 Republican candidates on border security (www.bpr.org)
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