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N.C. Republicans Condemn Federal Bathroom Edict

Gov. Pat McCrory, General Assembly leadership, and Republican congressional members condemned the letter from Obama’s Departments of Education and Justice threatening local school districts with possible loss of federal funding if they don’t conform to federal rules regarding transgender students and school bathrooms. McCrory said the federal edict affects “employees as well as every parent...

Dan Way
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UNC Board of Governors: We Need To Hire a Lawyer

Following a three-hour special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Tuesday, university leaders agreed to seek legal representation in a federal lawsuit over House Bill 2, the controversial “bathroom bill” that has sparked state and federal litigation over alleged civil rights violations. Board members also said they will continue to stand behind new system...

Kari Travis

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Student BOG Member: Vulgar, Unfocused Protests Will Backfire

As student protesters continue to wreak havoc at public meetings and expand their list of complaints against the University of North Carolina system’s leadership, they will do nothing but hurt their chances of being taken seriously, said student Zack King, outgoing president of UNC’s Association of Student Governments and ex-officio member of the Board of...

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Raleigh Chamber To ‘Study’ Financial Impact of H.B. 2

Opponents of House Bill 2, popularly known as the “bathroom bill,” claim that the legislation has cost jobs in North Carolina, but it may have created at least one. The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is advertising a new, part-time position for a person to research and analyze the economic impact of H.B. 2. The...

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JLF Experts, Outside Groups Rebut N.C. Attorney General in New Letters

RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation, Center for Constitutional Litigation, and a scholar with the libertarian Cato Institute have submitted letters to N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue that bolster the legal case for a bill protecting North Carolinians from federal government overreach on health care. The letters specifically target N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper's Feb. 23 memo arguing that House Bill 2, the North Carolina Health Care Protection Act, is unconstitutional.

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