Yesterday, SB 416, Amend Racial Justice Act, cleared a House Judiciary subcommittee on an 8-6 party line vote. This action comes off of a failed attempt to repeal the act last year, when legislators were unable to override Perdue’s veto of the repeal. The changes to the bill come relatively soon after a Cumberland county [...]
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Reacting to Regulation
The House Agriculture committee discussed HB 1093 yesterday, also known as Agriculture Regulatory Reform. If passed, the bill would establish a number of means towards reducing the red tape discrepancies currently found within the sector. First, the bill would add a legislature-appointed agriculture representative to the Environmental Management commission, meanwhile reducing the total number of [...]
Redundant Words on Education
We need more money! How often have North Carolinians heard this phrase from our state government? Too many to count in recent times, and Governor Bev Perdue is once again on her education rant. With the new Republican-crafted state budget, the Governor issued a statement today condemning the budget for its lack of education funding. [...]
Sex-Selective Abortions in America
Gendercide – Countries such as China and India typically come to mind when we hear this word. But what about the United States, where women have increasingly risen up the social ladder to equal men? Unfortunately, gendercide does affect the U.S. A new undercover video released this week by Live Action, an anti-abortion group, revealed [...]
