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‘Raging Grannies’ among 30 arrested at North Carolina legislature
A protest at the North Carolina legislature Monday night ended with 30 arrests, including a group of women calling themselves the “Raging Grannies.” The action was put on by the North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NC-NAACP), which has been steadfastly demonstrating against…
North Carolina Republicans push through anti-renewable energy bill in ‘banana republic’ vote
Democrats in North Carolina say they could have defeated a bill to repeal renewable energy subsidies on Wednesday if Republicans had not pushed it through committee without counting the votes. The state Senate Finance Committee debated the bill to end the state’s 6-year-old renewable energy program for over 40 minutes…
North Carolina Republicans pushing bill to put two-year hold on all divorces
North Carolina Republican lawmakers may have abandoned their plan to declare Christianity as the state’s religion, but conservative legislators in the state are still pushing forward with a plan to require a two-year waiting period on all divorces, a plan that require the couple to attend classes and workshops designed…
Maddow: Republicans still trying to intrude into your bedroom
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow pointed out that in spite of whatever attempts the GOP is making at the national level at rebranding itself, the party is lost without its “bedroom intrusion agenda.” Even as national Republicans like Olympia Snowe come out in favor of…
North Carolina Republicans undo Racial Justice Act for death row inmates
North Carolina Republicans have sent a bill to Gov. Bev Perdue (D) that effectively voids a law that allowed death row inmates to have their punishment reduced to life in prison if statistics showed that they were sentenced to die because of racism. The governor vetoed a similar bill last…
North Carolina Republicans kill plan to compensate victims of forced sterilization
A plan by Democratic North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue to compensate women who were forcibly sterilized by the state was struck down by Republican legislators on Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Perdue created a $10 million fund with the intent of paying each sterilized woman $50,000. The plan passed…
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