The struggle continues over a compromise to repeal the controversial HB2, North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBTQ law.
- Payton McGarry, HB 2/HB 142 plaintiff, running for Greensboro City CouncilFiling for local elections ended Friday and – perhaps predictably... Read more »
- NBA All-Star Game returns to Charlotte over LGBTQ protestsThe NBA has announced its 2019 All-Star Game will be... Read more »
- Plaintiffs in HB2 lawsuit intend to challenge HB142; defendants won’t take position on law until it’s filedThe lawsuit over House Bill 2 is at a standstill... Read more »
- New Elon Poll on Cooper approval, HB2, medical marijuanaThe latest Elon University Poll results give a look at... Read more »
- HB2 appeal seeking transgender protections voluntarily dismissed; litigation in lower court over law still pendingAll parties to litigation over House Bill 2 have agreed... Read more »
- Leading sports columnist: NCAA wimps outOnce again this morning, some of the most incisive comments... Read more »
- NCAA to allow championship basketball to return to Raleigh, Greensboro – in 2020State lawmakers who hoped a repeal compromise of the anti-LGBT... Read more »
- Help us figure out where lawmakers stand on one very basic questionIn case you missed it, in the aftermath of the... Read more »
- ACLU asks NC educational institutions how they will protect LGBT community if NCAA plays venueIf the NCAA is going to host an event at... Read more »
- Hopeful equality news: Appeals court rules federal law bars LGBT discriminationIn the unhappy aftermath of HB2, there was another important... Read more »
- ACLU criticizes NCAA decision on HB2 “repeal”In case you missed it, the good people at the... Read more »
- This week’s top five on NC Policy Watch1. New data highlights troubling racial disparities in Wake County... Read more »
- Two contrasting, progressive takes on HB 2.0 – What’s your opinion?Raleigh’s News & Observer offers two sincere, well-argued and contrasting views... Read more »
- Gov. Cooper: HB2 repeal compromise was ‘the best deal we could get’ with GOPListen below to Governor Roy Cooper discuss his decision to... Read more »
- NC sports columnist: NCAA should tell North Carolina that HB2 “repeal” is “lipstick on a pig”You know your state is seriously behind the times when... Read more »
- Trending on Jones Street: #HB2Repeal passes Senate, #LGBT advocates call deal a “sham”(5/5) – However, I am concerned about the longterm consequences... Read more »
- Scathing Charlotte Observer editorial decries HB2 deal as “betrayal”A new Charlotte Observer editorial minces few words in blasting the... Read more »
- NC NAACP President calls latest compromise HB2 Repeal bill “an insult to civil rights”As the state House and Senate prepare to take-up a... Read more »
- Four more years doesn’t sound like much of a “repeal”The final language on the deal that was apparently reached... Read more »
- Latest rumored HB2 proposal ought to be a “no go”A new tweet from WRAL at around 4:50 pm this... Read more »
- Senate President and House Speaker suggest agreement on HB2 repeal, but say Governor disavows dealSenate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore promised... Read more »
- House Republican compares economic losses of abbreviated school summer breaks to HB2House Bill 389, a bipartisan measure that would test school... Read more »
- AP reports $3.76 billion in lost business by 2028 over HB2; Cooper respondsThe Associated Press unveiled a hefty price tag Monday for... Read more »
- HB2: A year older, no wiserThe post HB2: A year older, no wiser appeared first... Read more »
- Chris Brook of the ACLU of NC speaks about HB2 litigationAt this past Thursday’s Crucial Conversation (“One year later: What... Read more »
- This week’s top five on NC Policy WatchThis Week’s Top Five on NC Policy Watch 1. School... Read more »
- HB2 a year in: “We continue to steer toward the iceberg”On the first anniversary of HB2’s signing into law, Governor... Read more »
- Five questions with Chris Sgro of Equality N.C.As Executive Director of Equality North Carolina, LGBTQ advocate Chris... Read more »
- National commentators on McCrory’s troubled job search: Ex-Guv still doesn’t get itRuth McCambridge, editor-in-chief of the national publication Nonprofit Quarterly, has... Read more »
- Five Questions with Matt ComerThis week LGBT advocate Matt Comer took on State Sen.... Read more »
- Crucial Conversation luncheon: HB2 on its one-year anniversaryNC Policy Watch presents a special Crucial Conversation luncheon: An... Read more »
- N.C. Sen. Joel Ford: Tweets, apologies and LGBT criticismOn Tuesday N.C. Sen Joel Ford (D-Charlotte) had a strange,... Read more »
- Another bitter HB2 reminder today as NCAA hoops tourney starts in South CarolinaSouth Carolina is a fine place with many fine people,... Read more »
- Greensboro Columnist Susan Ladd on personalizing HB2Like the rest of us, Susan Ladd – columnist for... Read more »
- As Gov. Cooper presses for HB2 repeal, McCrory acknowledges the law is making it difficult to find work (video)Governor Roy Cooper opened his State of the State address... Read more »
- N.C. lawmaker: retaliate against NCAA, ACC for HB2 boycottThis year HB2 cost North Carolina a 7 NCAA and... Read more »
- “Vital Action” rally to repeal HB2 todayA number of LGBTQ advocacy groups will hold a rally... Read more »
- HB2 compromise also attacked from the political rightLast week we saw several press conferences calling for the... Read more »
- Another 1,500 jobs at stake as HB2 gridlock continuesThere’s already a lot at stake in the battle over... Read more »
- Top GOP lawmakers can’t agree on Governor’s place in HB2 negotiationsLast night N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) vented his... Read more »
- Charlotte Observer issues scathing takedown of “compromise” on HB2Here’s the basic deal right now on the “repeal” of... Read more »
- Lawmakers, advocates hold dueling press conferences on HB2 repealDemocratic and Republican lawmakers, business and LGBT advocacy groups held... Read more »
- Another bad sign for equality opponents as Raleigh’s hockey team celebrates LGBTQ rightsThere are a lot of hopeful signs these days when... Read more »
- Under-reported loophole in HB2 “compromise” would establish huge, dangerous precedent for civil rights lawsMost of the debate thus far over proposed HB2 “compromise”... Read more »
- Cooper stays calm and collected; says “no” to referenda on basic rights as opponents take the low road yet againYou’ve got to hand it to Gov. Roy Cooper. The... Read more »
- Editorials: So-called repeal of HB2 doesn’t get the job doneThe editorial pages of two major newspapers added their names... Read more »
- Making discrimination permanent: Why the latest HB2 proposal is no compromiseAs Melissa Boughton reported last night in the post immediately... Read more »
- 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats file HB2 repeal forbidding cities from regulating bathroom access; Cooper expresses concernTwo Republicans and two Democrats have introduced a bill that... Read more »
- Is this the most illogical/dishonest defense of HB2 yet?Confronting the passion with which some on the religious right... Read more »
- This Week’s Top Five on NC Policy Watch1. Hopeful lessons from Saturday’s Moral March (and one important... Read more »
- Editorials blast Berger for his obstruction of HB2 repeal, Cooper compromiseTwo more major newspapers point out the absurdity of Senate... Read more »
- Cooper tries again to broker a deal to repeal HB2Photo by Melissa Boughton Step 1: Repeal House Bill 2, North... Read more »
- Stopping the damage of HB2http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Friday-Commentary.mp3 The post Stopping the damage of HB2 appeared first on... Read more »
- Trump’s coattails fail to help McCrory; HB2 anger motivates split-ticket votersGov. McCrory appeared with Donald Trump in the final days... Read more »
- Denying the continuing damage of discriminatory HB2http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tuesday-Commentary.mp3 The post Denying the continuing damage of discriminatory HB2 appeared... Read more »
- Rep. Darren Jackson discusses on-going economic fallout from HB2, including the loss of NCAA and ACC championship gameshttp://www.ncpolicywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/News-and-Views-for-9-25-2016-SEGMENT-ONE.mp3 The post Rep. Darren Jackson discusses on-going economic fallout from... Read more »
- Investors representing $2.1 Trillion push for full repeal of discriminatory HB2From left to right: Bonny Moellenbrock of Investors’ Circle, Matthew... Read more »
- The NC GOP revealingly digs in as the damage from HB2 continues to mountThe official response by the North Carolina Republican Party to... Read more »
- The Follies of McCrory’s shocking and underreported positions on LGBT rightsGov. Pat McCrory thinks transgender people are sick and mentally... Read more »
- McCrory’s HB2 timeline: Tracking the Governor’s oft-changing stance and explanationsAs the battle of HB2 continues it is instructive to... Read more »
- HB2 injunction reveals state’s anti-LGBT position and its controversial alliesLast week’s federal ruling blocking part of HB2 for three... Read more »
- HB2 update: Inside the federal courthouse at yesterday’s hearingHunter Schaefer is challenging House Bill 2. (Photo: WRAL.com) With elbow-length... Read more »
- Stalled: NC school districts avoid immediate changes to policies for transgender studentsSeeking to avoid political spotlight, many address transgender students on... Read more »
- How to break the logjam over the discriminatory HB2The post How to break the logjam over the discriminatory... Read more »
- The obvious way to begin to repair the damage to North Carolina from HB2It has now been two and a half months since... Read more »
- NC’s Conservative ‘Revolution’The post NC’s Conservative ‘Revolution’ appeared first on NC Policy... Read more »
- Looking in the right direction to end the HB2 backlashThe post Looking in the right direction to end the... Read more »
- HB2 makes me feel less welcome, but the fight against it gives me hopeSix years ago, I moved to North Carolina to accept... Read more »
- Equality advocates to Charlotte City Council: Now is no time to back downCharlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts [Editor’s note: News reports indicate that the... Read more »
- On HB2, warning signs abound, but state leaders just keep on drivingAs the fallout from HB2 continues to pile up, one... Read more »
- Loss of federal funds from HB2 could eliminate 53,000 jobs, $2.4 billion in wagesNew report finds rising economic cost to state from discrimination... Read more »
- Loretta Lynch and HB2: U.S. Attorney General teaches fellow North Carolinians about compassion and toleranceTake heart, fair-minded North Carolinians. The state’s not-always-pristine but still... Read more »
- What’s at stake in Gov. McCrory’s defense of HB2The post What’s at stake in Gov. McCrory’s defense of... Read more »
- State Rep. Grier Martin on House Bill 2 and what state lawmakers should do about the damage it’s causing to North CarolinaThe post State Rep. Grier Martin on House Bill 2... Read more »
- Turning a blind eye to the damage of HB2The post Turning a blind eye to the damage of... Read more »
