It may or may not be apocryphal, but there is an infamous World War II era quote attributed to Russian dictator Josef Stalin in which he responded to the suggestion that the leader of the Catholic church might be able to use his moral influence to help resolve a portion of the conflict. “The Pope?” […]
A staff member in the North Carolina auditor’s office used mentions of the wishes of his boss and the state Republican Party in an attempt to sway decisions on at least two counties’ early voting plans. Hundreds of pages produced as a result of public records requests reveal the extent to which Dallas Woodhouse, a […]
Earlier this week, Stein withdrew Jeff Smythe’s nomination as secretary for the Department of Public Safety.
Members of the Rocky Mount City Council voted Monday night against a proposal to halt utility cutoffs after a tense meeting at which angry constituents called for their resignations. The decision came after a family of three and their dogs were found dead in their mobile home last week, shortly after their electricity was cut […]
Thursday marked the 61st anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark law prohibiting discrimination in voting based on race, color, or language-minority status.
It would be silly to claim that there aren’t a lot of things in the modern world about which to be deeply concerned or even, at times, fearful. There’s the ongoing global environmental emergency, the resurgence of war and authoritarianism, the many uncertainties surrounding the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the plague of poverty and […]
Former Elections Liaison Dallas Woodhouse recently argued that North Carolinians should judge our election system “by facts rather than assumptions.” On that point, we agree. Public confidence in our elections should rest on evidence, not rhetoric. But that principle carries an important obligation: if Woodhouse and the Auditor’s Office ask the public to judge their […]
As Democratic lawmakers rose to attack the recent state budget plan put forth by the Republican leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly, they repeatedly brought up a somewhat obscure legal acronym vital to legal aid across the state: IOLTA. “We put more money into our indigent defense system, and that’s great. It needs it. […]
The North Carolina Senate Elections Committee advanced a pair of election law bills Tuesday, drawing mixed reactions from voting rights advocates. The first bill, House Bill 834, received mostly praise, as it extends the period during which voters are able to cure problems on their ballots from three business days after the election to five […]
A new rapid response report from the North Carolina auditor found that more than $111 million was spent on 55 camps set up in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to help victims and storm responders. The 1,100 page report released Tuesday focuses on services provided by the disaster response contractor SLSCO (SLS). The audit notes […]
