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Barber calls map ruling ‘major victory’

    Barber calls map ruling ‘major victory’

N.C. NAACP President William Barber is elated that the Republican-led legislature is being forced to redraw its legislative voting maps by Sept. 1.

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Opponents expect new N.C. voter suppression bill

    Opponents expect new N.C. voter suppression bill

There are concerns that Republicans will use special sessions in the General Assembly to push a voter suppression bill.

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Redistricting hearing starts today in Triad

    Redistricting hearing starts today in Triad

GREENSBORO — Today in a U.S. Middle District courtroom before a special three-judge federal District Court panel, arguments began to determine when legislative districts that were originally racially gerrymandered in

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Two state African-American projects yearn for funding

    Two state African-American projects yearn for funding

Last March, when Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, submitted his proposed state budget, he appropriated $200,000 for “Freedom Monument Planning,” to provide, “…one-time funding for the African American Heritage Commission

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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