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Experts to civil rights panel: NC must do more to lower maternal death rate
Women of color, in particular, would benefit if state expanded access to Medicaid The United States has the worst rate of maternal death of any industrialized nation, and the rate of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. is more than three times higher for Black women than it is for white women.
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in North Carolina’s rural counties
Nearly twice as many of the state’s new COVID-19 cases since September were in rural counties rather than urban or suburban counties, says a new report the state Department of Health and Human Services released Thursday. Most of the rural cases were in the white population and among people 49 years old and younger, the […]
Nonprofit group asks federal judge to order search for ballots in NC Postal Service facilities
Lawyers for a nonprofit suing the Postal Service have asked a federal judge in Washington, DC to order postal facilities, including two in North Carolina, to look for absentee ballots that haven’t been delivered to local elections boards. In an exhibit filed Wednesday, lawyers for the group Vote Forward listed thousands of ballots that were […]
Breaking: Wayne Goodwin not running for another term as state Democratic Party chair
Wayne Goodwin, state Democratic Party chairman, said he’s not going to run for another term. Most of the party’s previous chairs served a maximum of two 2-year terms, he said. Goodwin is in his second term, which ends in February. “I believe it’s time to pass the torch, and there are some exciting prospects for […]
NC Democrats fall short in legislative races
Absent reform, GOP will once again control redistricting of congressional and legislative maps State Democrats failed to win enough legislative districts Tuesday to have greater influence in shaping laws and in drawing new Congressional and House and Senate district boundaries next year. Instead of picking up seats in the state House, early results show that Democrats lost ground.
Civil rights groups file lawsuit in aftermath of Saturday’s confrontation in Alamance County
Protection sought for marchers from further “police violence” Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday night against the Alamance County sheriff and the Graham police chief aimed at protecting marchers in Graham today. Law enforcement officers pepper sprayed demonstrators who were participating in a march to the polls Saturday. The ACLU of North Carolina and […]
What we’ll know Election Night about North Carolina voters’ choices
"Razor-thin" margins could decide some legislative races Before the polls open on Election Day, more than 4.5 million North Carolinians will have already voted early in person or by mail. It’s those results that county elections offices are expected to post within an hour after the polls close Tuesday night.