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Sen Applewhite receives ‘frightening’ messages after women’s sports bill vote

Following her vote on Tuesday, Sen. Val Applewhite, D-Cumberland, found herself receiving “frightening” messages after voting in favor of H.B. 574, “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.” Other than Applewhite, the vote fell along party lines, passing by a margin of 31-17. The bill would prevent transgender athletes who are biologically male from participating in women’s sports....

Alex Baltzegar
News

Applewhite unseats moderate Dem state Sen. deViere with help from governor

On Tuesday night, Val Applewhite won the Democrat primary for North Carolina’s 19th state Senate District with 56.3% of the vote. Incumbent state Sen. Kirk deViere came in second with 36.8% of the vote. Applewhite will go on to face Republican Wesley Meredith in the November election. “The voters have spoken and I fully respect...

Brayden Marsh
Opinion

Cooper demands absolute loyalty from Democrats … or else

If you are a Democrat and you don’t show absolute loyalty to Gov. Roy Cooper, he will seek to destroy you politically. Cooper recruited, endorsed, and will help bankroll a primary against Democrat state Sen. Kirk deViere of Cumberland County because deViere voted a few times with Republicans in the General Assembly. Cooper endorsed Val...

Dallas Woodhouse

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