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On Dec. 6, 2019, Raven Sizemore lost her sister Cally Dawn Wilson and witnessed her niece getting treatment for her injuries. The cause of the accident, a head-on collision on Old Red Cross Road. Sizemore remembers being in band class at Randleman High School, where she was checked out and told to come to the hospital. Later finding out her sister had passed away.  "My sisters husband called my brother at school and told him there had been an accident, but no one was aware of Cally’s death ...

North Carolina GOP wants to strengthen school discipline but some say change may harm Black students © Dreamstime/TNS Republican lawmakers in North Carolina want to toughen school discipline. RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican lawmakers want to toughen how school discipline is handled, but Democrats warn that a change could lead to more minority students being suspended and dropping out. The North Carolina House approved legislation Thursday that removes language from state law list...

Why bodycam footage is released quickly sometimes -- and sometimes not at all • 12 min read Police shooting of Andrew Brown Elizabeth City, North Carolina, under state of emergency ahead of the possible release of body camera footage in fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown.Columbus Police Dept. via WSYX/AP Disparate responses to law enforcement shootings of a Black man and a Black teenager within 24 hours of each other demonstrate the conflicting need for transparency and privacy and the som...

Why bodycam footage is sometimes released quickly -- and sometimes not at all Police shooting of Andrew Brown Replay Video UP NEXT Disparate responses to law enforcement shootings of a Black man and a Black teenager within 24 hours of each other demonstrate the conflicting need for transparency and privacy and the sometimes murky policies at play behind releasing body camera footage to the public. © Columbus Police Dept. via WSYX/AP On the afternoon of April 20, a police officer shot 16-y...

Sen. Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic legislators pressed for passage of a bill requiring footage from police body cameras to be released 48 hours after it is recorded, unless a judge orders a delay. In a news conference, sponsors of Senate bill 510 and its companion,  House bill 698,   said the proposal would improve transparency. A 2016 law requires a judge to allow the public release of police body camera or dash camera footage. The 2016 bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, bu...

N.C. Democrats Push Bills to Make Voting Easier State House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation aimed at improving voting access in North Carolina with provisions such as creating automatic voter registration, expanding mail-in voting, and designating Election Day as a state holiday.  “The common thread is democracy works best when everyone is involved,” said Rep. Allison Dahle of Wake County, one of five House members who spoke at a press conference promoting the legis...

NC Democrats push for common sense voting reforms Published 4:31 a.m. today Say this much, at least, for those legislators who favor making it easier, not harder, for North Carolinians to vote: They’re not ready to surrender to their vote-suppressing foes. Even as key Republicans in the state Senate push changes to absentee voting rules whose main purpose would be to gum up the works, a group of House Democrats is pushing the other way. Their bill entitled “Safeguarding Voting Rights,” in...

Say this much, at least, for those legislators who favor making it easier, not harder, for North Carolinians to vote: They’re not ready to surrender to their vote-suppressing foes. Even as key Republicans in the state Senate push changes to absentee voting rules whose main purpose would be to gum up the works, a group of House Democrats is pushing the other way. Their bill entitled “Safeguarding Voting Rights,” introduced March 31 as House Bill 446, would protect popular voting options an...

NC House votes along party lines for guardrails on governors emergency powers GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolinas governor would have to get formal support from other elected leaders to carry out long-term emergency orders in a measure approved Wednesday by the state House.  The 69-50 party-line result favored Republicans, whove chafed under Democratic Gov. Roy Coopers directives during the COVID-19 pandemic and drafted the legislation.  Coopers orders since the pa...