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RALEIGH – The North Carolina House of Representatives today approved a Senate bill that would require public colleges and universities to recognize and grant funding and facilities to student groups that discriminate by ousting leaders or students based on their personal beliefs.
WINTON, NC – Rivers Correctional Institution in Hertford County, North Carolina, is one of the 13 little-known CAR (Criminal Alien Requirement) prisons for immigrants in the United States.
RALEIGH – The North Carolina House of Representatives today passed S.B. 370, “Respect for Student Prayer/Religious Liberty,” which purports to clarify the rights of public school students to freely engage in religious activities and the proper role of school personnel during such expression.
RALEIGH – The North Carolina House of Representatives today voted 77 to 39 to pass House Bill 725, the Young Offender Rehabilitation Act, which would place 16 and 17 year olds charged with misdemeanors under the jurisdiction of North Carolina’s juvenile justice system by 2020.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice have asked a federal court to put North Carolina's voter suppression law on hold for the 2014 midterm election.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A U.S. District Court judge today upheld a magistrate's ruling that rejects an effort by some North Carolina lawmakers to withhold emails and other communications related to passage of the state's sweeping voter suppression law.