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State GOP Proposals Could Affect Schools, Gun Safety, Government Authority
These bills, introduced by Republican senators, address issues such as concealed carry laws, student participation in public school activities, and restrictions on legal challenges to presidential executive orders. Get the rundown in our Southpoint Access newsletter! Spread the word by sharing this Southpoint Access newsletter with friends and neighbors. Got a tip for your neighborhood news guy?…
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North Carolina Joins Legal Challenge Against Birthright Citizenship Order
North Carolina has joined 20 states, the District of Columbia, and San Francisco in a federal lawsuit challenging a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump that seeks to limit birthright citizenship. The controversial order, signed hours after his inauguration, declares that children born in the United States to certain noncitizen parents will no…
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SoDu We Like Local News Episode 2: Was Durham Too Quick to Hire a New City Manager?
Sign Up For the Southpoint Access Newsletter! A divided Durham City Council on Monday surprised us with an agenda item that hadn’t been publicized: the appointment of Deputy City Manager Bo Ferguson as successor to outgoing City Manager Wanda Page. Some members of the board thought a nationwide search would’ve been more appropriate. On Fayetteville…
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[Election 2024] Durham Stays Blue on a Day Won Nationally by Red
It wasn’t all bad, Durham. Josh Stein defeated Mark Robinson to become North Carolina’s next governor, with Rachel Hunt as his lieutenant governor. Elaine Marshall held on as secretary of state. Jeff Jackson succeeds Stein as attorney general, thwarting Dan Bishop. Maurice “Mo” Green won against Michele Morrow to lead the state’s Department of Public…
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[Election 2024] Results Dashboard for North Carolina
Working in partnership with The Associated Press, Southpoint Access is providing results of the 2024 General Election in North Carolina.
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[Election 2024] What to Watch on Election Day
Polls are open in Durham until 7:30 p.m. By STEVE PEOPLES, AP National Political Writer It’s Election Day. Polls opened Tuesday across the nation and Americans cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election. In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. We know seven…
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[Election 2024] SoDu Snapshot: Early Voting Exceeds 2020 Numbers
Nearly 58% of Durham’s 251,785 eligible voters cast ballots during the early voting period, which ended on Nov. 2, exceeding early participation in the 2020 general election. Here’s a quick snapshot of statistics related to early voting, according to the Durham County Board of Elections: Statewide, as of Sunday morning, more than 4.4 million voters…
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[Election 2024] Fight to Finish Will Determine Congressional Control
By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of Congress are at a stalemate, essentially a toss-up for the House, and fight to the finish for the Senate. The…
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[Election 2024] Robinson Battles on vs. Stein for N.C. Governor’s Office
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Addressing over 100 supporters outside an ice cream stand that’s shaped like a giant strawberry, North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson battered his Democratic rival for governor and the media, and said he’d keep fighting as their race neared its conclusion. “I’m on the battlefield for the people…
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Jordan High Students Advocate for LGBTQ+ Rights
During third period on Oct. 29, about 500 students at C.E. Jordan High School left class and walked onto the track to protest North Carolina Senate Bill 49, according to The Falcon Post, Jordan’s school news site. The law, enacted in August 2023 after an override by the General Assembly of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto,…
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[Election 2024] Human Nature More Hackable Than Election System
By DAVID KLEPPER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots,…
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[Raising Durham] Grounding Political Talk in Family Values
On Nov. 7, 2020 – a perfect November day in Durham – my daughter Harper and I sat outside Mad Hatter’s in Durham, enjoying lunch in the autumn sunshine. As we finished eating, a caravan of honking cars zoomed down Main Street, filling the air with cheers and joyful shouts: the Associated Press finally made…
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