The struggle continues over a compromise to repeal the controversial HB2, North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBTQ law.
- HB 2 redux? NC lawmakers again buck science, human rights advocates and corporate America with attacks on transgender rightsHouse Speaker Time Moore (L) and Senate leader Phil Berger… Read more »
- Bill seeks to prevent transgender women from competing on women’s athletic teamsImage: Adobe Stock A new bill introduced this week in… Read more »
- Bill seeks to prevent transgender women from competing on women’s athletic teamsA new N.C. House bill seeks to ban transgender women… Read more »
- Carrboro Town Council passes new LGBTQ protections after end of state banOn Tuesday the town of Carrboro became the second municipality… Read more »
- Hillsborough passes first LGBTQ protections since HB2/HB142The town of Hillsborough passed an LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance Monday,… Read more »
- The best editorial of the weekendIn case you missed it over the weekend, be sure… Read more »
- Transgender rights plaintiff Payton McGarry on progress, perseveranceWhen a federal court released a settlement agreement in the… Read more »
- More restrooms to be open to transgender individuals with lawsuit settlementTransgender North Carolinians will be able to legally choose the… Read more »
- With “Pride Month” celebrations, Hendersonville, and North Carolina, inch forwardHard to imagine we’d be here in this day, in… Read more »
- Supreme Court will not hear PA case on transgender bathroom policyOn Tuesday the U.S. Supreme court declined to hear an appeal… Read more »
- No conclusion in HB2 successor case despite plaintiffs, governor’s proposed agreementLawmakers do not want Gov. Roy Cooper to agree to… Read more »
- Editorial: NBA All-Star Game returns, but has N.C. really changed?What a difference three years makes, or does it? As… Read more »
- HB2 ‘Bathroom Bill’: Costly then, costly nowIt’s been more than 18 months since the repeal of… Read more »
- Bathroom law victory: Federal court allows challenge to HB2 replacement to proceedJust in from the ACLU of North Carolina: Court Says… Read more »
- Dan Forest: Making nice with frightening religious extremistsIn case you missed it, Raleigh’s News & Observer has… Read more »
- “Speculative” injuries for trans people, huh? What Berger and Moore need to remember about civil rightsAs this morning’s edition of the Weekly Briefing makes clear,… Read more »
- Cooper’s non-discrimination Executive Order is one step forward on road to diversity, acceptance in NCGovernor Roy Cooper’s non-discrimination Executive Order, which states transgender North… Read more »
- Medical experts issue new recommendations for transgender careAs we’ve tackled at length at N.C. Policy Watch, the… Read more »
- NC featured in new national report criticizing legislative overreach vis-à-vis local governmentThe widely respected American Constitution Society released a new report… Read more »
- Lawyer who defended HB2 now the Trump administration’s top civil rights chiefAnother day, another outrage from the Trump administration. This is… Read more »
- Anthony Scaramucci thought HB2 was “shameful”Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump’s new communications director, was not a… Read more »
- 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 »
- Cooper tries again to broker a deal to repeal HB2Photo by Melissa Boughton Step 1: Repeal House Bill 2,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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 »