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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will not review a ruling that found the county commissioners of Rowan County, North Carolina, violated the Constitution by coercing members of the public to join in prayers that overwhelmingly advanced beliefs specific to one religion.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Three people incarcerated in North Carolina prisons who suffer from Hepatitis C filed a federal class-action lawsuit against state officials today, arguing that North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety refuses to provide medically necessary, life-saving treatment.
RALEIGH – Late last night, North Carolina lawmakers rewrote Senate Bill 325 to limit early voting options for North Carolinians. The bill eliminates the last Saturday of early voting, when more than 100,000 voters have historically cast their ballot, a disproportionate number of whom are Black.
RALEIGH – The N.C. House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would give local law enforcement sweeping, unprecedented power to look through a person’s entire history of prescription drug use if they are under investigation for any drug crime.
RALEIGH – North Carolina House Representative Beverly Boswell has agreed to release un-redacted public records of her office correspondence in response to a public records lawsuit filed by a Kitty Hawk resident and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina.
RALEIGH – North Carolina lawmakers today announced plans to introduce a bill that would place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot “to require voters to provide photo identification before voting” and could make it more difficult for thousands of North Carolina voters to participate