NC Policy Watch, the online journalism initiative of the North Carolina Justice Center, has launched the “Defending Democracy” project. This project will generate a steady drumbeat of new and original content (news stories, commentary, newsmaker interviews, expert analysis and more) related to the latest state policy developments, court decisions, research, advocacy and organizing efforts in the fight to preserve democracy in the battleground state of North Carolina.
ICE tearing apart families in historic raids across state
Kay* was cooling her machine down Tuesday morning at Bear Creek Arsenal in Sanford when she and a mechanic nearby noticed a supervisor looking visibly worried talking to someone they had never seen before.
- Day 1 wrap-up: NC experienced congressional election fraud, but not of the Trump varietyThe first day of an evidentiary hearing about a full-scale unlawful absentee ballot scheme that benefited 9th Congressional District Republican… Read more »
- Board of Elections uncovers ‘unlawful’ absentee ballot scheme in 9th congressional district raceA political operative working for Republican U.S. Congressional candidate Mark Harris paid people to help him collect, fill out and… Read more »
- Bipartisan lawmakers: The time for redistricting reform is nowLitigation and uncertainty about which political party will have the most power in the future may finally propel North Carolina… Read more »
- Cheri Beasley to become first Black woman appointed as NC Chief JusticeCheri Beasley will be North Carolina’s next Supreme Court Chief Justice. She is the first Black woman to take the… Read more »
- ICE admits ramping up NC immigration enforcement in response to urban areas not working with themThe historic Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids this week were not a fluke — they were a direct result… Read more »
- ICE tearing apart families in historic raids across stateICE raided Bear Creek Arsenal in Sanford on Tuesday and took at least 30 people into custody. A woman who… Read more »
- Head of AOC will leave for same law school as Chief Justice MartinNorth Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts Executive Director Marion Warren will follow state Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin… Read more »
- 9th congressional district evidentiary hearing set by Board of ElectionsThe State Board of Elections will hold an evidentiary hearing about its 9th congressional district investigation into alleged absentee ballot… Read more »
- Report: Appeal about federal public document fees draws lots of supportIt costs almost nothing for courts to store and transfer electronic data, but the federal judiciary charges 10 cents per… Read more »
- School of Government explains how the 9th congressional controversy came to beAre you still confused about how the 9th congressional district remains without representation in Congress? The University of North Carolina… Read more »
- Cooper announces new Board of Elections membersGov. Roy Cooper has officially appointed five new members to the State Board of Elections. Members are: Democratic member Stella… Read more »
- UPDATE: Democratic Party submits 2 new nominees to Board of Elections after initial 2 ineligibleAs it turns out, half of the original nominees for the new State Board of Elections provided by the state… Read more »
- The state of gerrymandering reform: Weekend conference spells out where things standAllison Riggs, the senior voting rights attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, lead one of the two state… Read more »
- ICYMI: Chief Justice Mark Martin leaving Supreme Court to lead Christian law schoolThe news has already made the rounds, but for those who missed it, the North Carolina Supreme Court could soon… Read more »
- U.S. Supreme Court sets date for NC partisan gerrymandering caseThe highest court in the nation will take up partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina at the end of March. The… Read more »
