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DURHAM — At Kate’s Korner, the day begins early – children arriving, classroom doors opening, small voices calling for teachers, parents saying quick goodbyes before heading to work. For the childcare center’s staff, the morning comes with one less worry: they don’t have to figure out how to pay for care for their own children. […]
Two North Carolina groups are launching a campaign against two tax-related constitutional amendments on the November ballot, touting plans to knock on 500,000 doors and collect 100,000 pledges from voters to oppose the measures. Down Home North Carolina and the Carolina Federation, two progressive organizing groups focused on working-class voters, announced the “Fund the […]
Read the original report from Blue Ridge Public Radio (WCQS / BPR). This brief links to the publisher's reporting.
North Carolina is consistently ranked among America’s top states for business. But a new ranking by Oxfam lists the state dead last in this year’s 2026 Best States to Work Index. Oxfam, a global nonprofit focused on poverty and inequality, examined 37 policies including wages, worker protections, and the right to organize to determine which […]
A new directive to North Carolina county boards of election puts more ballots in jeopardy of being discarded, though voters will have the chance to fill out another. Absentee ballots that arrive in the wrong envelope, or that arrive unsealed in the correct envelope, will no longer automatically count but will be rejected and new […]
Read the original report from Coastal Review. This brief links to the publisher's reporting.
Read the original report from Coastal Review. This brief links to the publisher's reporting.
