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State Board Changes NC Election Rules in Lead-up to Midterms
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has approved a measure that will make it easier to disqualify certain absentee ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms. Members voted 3-2 along party lines on Monday, July 20. The measure allows county elections board staff to take further action on ballots with…
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NC Cannabis Report: Shut Off Kids’ Access, Allow ‘Regulated Adult Market’
Unregulated sales of intoxicating cannabis products have created a “wild west” where items are sold with no testing, uniform labeling or potency limits, a state advisory council said in a report on cannabis in North Carolina released on April 2. The North Carolina legislature needs to pass a law regulating…
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NC Rep. Carla Cunningham Files for Reelection, Facing Opposition
Rep. Carla Cunningham, the Democrat who faced a jeering hometown crowd this summer after delivering a controversial speech on the state House floor criticizing immigrants, is seeking an eighth term. She’ll likely be in a crowded primary field in House District 106 in Charlotte. Rev. Rodney Sadler filed campaign paperwork…
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Republican Control in DC Could Derail Medicaid Expansion in NC
Health insurance coverage on which millions of Americans rely — Medicaid and plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — were scarcely mentioned during the presidential campaign but may face extensive changes in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania last month, House Speaker Mike…
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NC Republicans Seek Voter Purge That Could Violate Federal Law
Republicans want the courts to kick 225,000 voters off the North Carolina rolls by the end of next week. The North Carolina Republican Party and the Republican National Committee said in a lawsuit filed Monday in Wake County that the State Board of Elections failed to act when resident Carol…
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