Politics
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These Are the First Six Executive Orders Signed by Puerto Rico’s New Governor
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s executive orders address the coronavirus emergency, crime, and the budget.
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2020 Was a Drag. But Here’s My (Incomplete) List of the Cardinal & Pine Stories That Soared.
Brave leaders, earth-moving candidates, a president in free fall, and a NC man who waited 44 years for justice. The best stories of 2020.
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The People, Places and Stories That Got Me Through 2020
Dunking on racism and bashing Bojangles: C&P’s Maxwell Millington on his best and most compelling stories of 2020 in NC.
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My Favorite Stories of 2020: NC In All Its Complicated Splendor
Politics and pandemics, it was a difficult and confounding year. Here’s a look inside my top stories of 2020 in NC.
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‘Tears of Joy’: After Four Decades of Wrongful Imprisonment, Ronnie Long Pardoned
Ronnie Long, who was featured this week in a Cardinal & Pine series, received word of his pardon Thursday from NC Gov. Roy Cooper.
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Biden Picks North Carolina Environmental Chief to Lead EPA
Biden’s pick, Michael Regan, has led NC’s top environmental agency during a tumultuous time, including cleanup of the Cape Fear River.
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Fresh Shrimp and Creamsicles: Ronnie Long Meets the World Again
Wrongfully imprisoned in NC for 44 years, Ronnie Long comes to terms with a different world than the one he knew.
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A Letter to Santa From NC’s Cash-Starved Schools
A NC educator asks Santa to do what lawmakers have failed to do for more than two decades of the Leandro case: Give schools proper funding.
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Marijuana and Body Cams: Here Are the Big Ideas in Cooper Task Force’s Criminal Justice Report
Cooper’s racial justice task force, created after George Floyd’s killing, wants more training, fairer drug laws, and police accountability.
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Teacher Turnover in NC Dropped Slightly. But Don’t Pat Yourself on the Back GOP.
A NC educator says the modest drop in teacher turnover happened despite Republican lawmakers, not because of them.
