Politics

The leader of Equality NC says the US Supreme Court got it right in its workplace protection ruling, but there’s much work to be done still in NC.

Gov. Cooper addressed a potential mask rule with research suggesting masks could play a crucial part in slowing COVID-19’s spread across the country.

Two of the US Supreme Court’s most conservative justices joined with liberals to rule that federal laws protect LGBTQ employees.

On NC’s highest day yet of new lab-confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday that “concern is growing” about the state’s worsening trends.

Amid the protests sweeping NC after George Floyd’s death, there’s a renewed call for removing the 109 remaining Confederate monuments across the state.

The Confederate flag will no longer fly at NASCAR races. And Charlotte Motor Speedway and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles applauded the decision.

The Republican National Committee is likely move the bulk of its political convention to Jacksonville, Fla., The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Sen. Jeff Jackson, whose district includes Charlotte, finds fault with city police after officers appeared to fire tear gas at cornered protesters.

Disability rights groups file federal complaint alleging NC’s proposed plan leaves people with disabilities to shoulder disproportionate load.  If a spike of COVID-19 cases overwhelms North Carolina’s hospitals, communities of color, those living with disabilities, and elderly residents could be disproportionately shut out of life-saving treatments.  That’s the fear for several disability rights groups, including…

A NC public school teacher says state lawmakers can’t blame coronavirus. They’ve been underfunding schools since the 2008 recession.