David N. Bass

Contributor, Carolina Journal

Bass is a journalist and communications professional with nearly two decades of experience in the world of PR, marketing, and publications.

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N. C. demócratas silencio sobre filtración sin precedentes en caso de aborto SCOTUS

Los principales demócratas en Carolina del Norte guardan silencio sobre una importante violación del decoro en la filtración de un proyecto de opinión en un importante caso nacional de aborto en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, una violación de una magnitud sin precedentes. Mientras que los republicanos denuncian la filtración y piden una...

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Political experts: Pending abortion ruling unlikely to sway N.C. midterm elections

The U.S. Supreme Court’s pending ruling on national abortion law is unlikely to significantly impact races up and down the ballot for Congress and the General Assembly in North Carolina, political experts say. That analysis lands despite claims by Democrats that they have found an issue to run on headed into a midterm cycle that is...

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Guilford County accused of illegal electioneering in favor of school bond referendum, sales tax hike

A candidate for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has accused the county government of using public dollars to illegally promote the passage of a $1.7 billion school bond and quarter cent sales tax increase. The referendums are on the ballot for the May 17 primary and early voting is already underway. By law, county governments are permitted to use taxpayer funds to conduct educational campaigns surrounding ballot referendums. But governments are strictly prohibited from actively promoting the passage of those referendum. That sets up a fine line between education and advocacy that counties often appear to cross.

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NC Dems hold press conference on potential end of Roe

North Carolina Democrats held a press conference Wednesday at the state legislative building to oppose a leaked draft of the opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court. The draft indicates that the justices could rule to move the authority to set abortion policy to individual states. Despite the public platform, they remained silent on the secretive leak of the draft to the media. The leak is speculated to have come from a court employee aiming to generate public pressure on the court.

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