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McCrory Sues Justice Department; DOJ Responds In Kind

Gov. Pat McCrory sued U.S. and Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday, and within hours she countersued him, placing the state at the epicenter of the Obama administration’s national transgender rights agenda. McCrory is seeking an injunction and federal court order declaring North Carolina is not discriminating against the transgender community with its House Bill...

Dan Way
News

N.C. Experts Leery of Trump’s Down-Ballot Effect

Republicans across the country have voiced concerns that Donald Trump’s likely presidential nomination could harm down-ballot Republican candidates’ electoral fortunes. But some political analysts say time and Trump’s unpredictable pivots to soften his image may ease some of those concerns as the general election approaches. In contrast, Democrats believe the combination of Trump’s brashness, his...

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Academics: DOJ Claims of H.B. 2 Discrimination A Legal Stretch

The Obama administration is treading on thin legal ice in its effort to get Gov. Pat McCrory and the UNC system to eliminate the bathroom privacy provisions spelled out in House Bill 2, a Campbell University law professor says. On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to state officials maintaining that the law...

Barry Smith
Opinion

Journalism as Street Theater

Don’t you hate it when you read a story in a newspaper or online, or watch a news report on TV, and the reporter seems to have completely missed the essential question? I know I do. It happens more than you think. Sometimes it’s a product of lack of time, in the case of a...

Jon Ham
Opinion

PARODY: McCrory and Roberts Offered ‘Naked and Afraid’ Appearance

Seeking to capitalize on the national debate over bathroom protocol for transgendered people, producers of the hit Discovery Channel survival series “Naked and Afraid” have offered Gov. Pat McCrory and Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts an episode of their own. “This would be a very special episode,” said a show staffer who asked not to be...

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