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This fall, East Carolina University staff and faculty are pushing students to exercise their civic duty to vote during 2022’s midterm election so Americas democracy can flourish.

Submitted by BlueNC on Fri, 01/01/2021 - 08:40 UNMARRIED LGBTQ PEOPLE CAN NOW FILE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS: LGBTQ people in North Carolina can no longer be prevented from getting domestic violence protective orders, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. North Carolina had been the only state in the country to withhold emergency protections from people seeking protection from abuse by a same-sex partner, The News & Observer reported in 2019. That kind of protection is offered to...

Still Trumps party: NC Republicans brace for life after the president leaves office Jim Morrill, The Charlotte Observer Dec. 31—President Donald Trump not only carried North Carolina in 2020, he lifted other Republicans with him. So what will happen when hes out of office? "Thats one of the biggest challenges that were going to have — to make sure we convert Trump voters into Republican voters," says state GOP Chair Michael Whatley. Like no one before, Trump has left his mar...

POLITICO How Trump Won One of America’s Most Diverse Counties — By a Lot In North Carolina, a rainbow coalition of voters shifted sharply to the GOP this year. Can the party hold onto them for good? Photos by Mehmet Demirci for Politico Magazine Link Copied POLITICO Magazine. PROSPECT, N.C.—Jarrod Lowery, a former Marine, a current member of the Lumbee Tribal Council and an up-and-coming local Republican activist and operator in this age-old Democratic stronghold, steered his white Chevy ...