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Freedom project in legislative, money limbo

    Freedom project in legislative, money limbo

Unless the $200,000 Gov. Cooper appropriated the state Freedom Monument project in his proposed, but rejected budget is replaced, the tribute to African-American contributions to North Carolina history may not

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Barber, Butterfield blast Trump nomination of GOP attorney

    Barber, Butterfield blast Trump nomination of GOP attorney

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the N.C. NAACP, is alarmed that President Donald Trump is nominating a prominent Republican attorney to the federal bench for the Eastern

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Activists urge Burr to oppose massive EPA cuts

    Activists urge Burr to oppose massive EPA cuts

Activists with Environment North Carolina presented a petition with more than 10,000 signatures to Sen. Richard Burr’s local office last week, asking him to oppose cuts to environmental protection. Activists

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Caucus: Senate gutted funding

    Caucus: Senate gutted funding

In the aftermath of reports that the Republican-led General Assembly did not appropriate $200,000 proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper for the long planned Freedom Monument project to honor black contributions

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N.C. NAACP joins plaintiffs’ argument for special elections

  N.C. NAACP joins plaintiffs’ argument for special elections

In an amicus brief filed in U.S. Middle District Court in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, attorneys for the N.C. NAACP joined

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Second candidate announces for N.C. NAACP presidency

  Second candidate announces for N.C. NAACP presidency

Now that N.C. NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II will stay on until the October conference elections, the

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GOP won’t answer why monument cut from budget

  GOP won’t answer why monument cut from budget

Before the N.C. General Assembly adjourned its long session last Friday, Republican legislative leaders House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate

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Rep. Adams says GOP leaders “don’t give a damn about citizens”

  Rep. Adams says GOP leaders “don’t give a damn about citizens”

Noting that the N.C. Republican legislative leadership is “dragging their feet” about doing anything that would fairly represent voters when

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More than 200 protest GOP health care bill

  More than 200 protest GOP health care bill

Hundreds of people against the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act gathered outside the local office of Sen. Richard

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Democrats hail Cooper budget veto

  Democrats hail Cooper budget veto

On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper, calling it “small-minded” vetoed the compromise $23 billion budget the Republican-led NC General Assembly passed last week.

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