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By: Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College  Two recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for Black voters in the 2024 election. One ruling boosted Black voting power in Louisiana, while another decision upheld a South Carolina congressional map that the lower court had declared "illegal racial gerrymandering." Despite these seemingly contradictory outcomes, there is a through line. In both cases, the justices gave partisan state

Last Tuesday, July 16, the North Carolina State Board of Elections, in a decision that undermines the democratic process, has rejected the petition submitted by the Justice for All party for inclusion on the ballot. The West/Abdullah presidential campaign, while a separate entity supporting similar ideals, stands in solidarity with the Justice for All party in condemning this decision. This rejection raises significant concerns about fairness and equal opportunity in

  RALEIGH - Governor Roy Cooper named Julia White as Chief of Staff to succeed outgoing Chief of Staff Kristi Jones who will depart the Governor's Office in mid-August after serving in the role since Governor Cooper took office in 2017. "For almost three decades, Kristi Jones has served our state with distinction and extraordinary skill," said Governor Cooper. "I'm grateful for Kristi's leadership and deeply appreciate Julia White stepping into

RALEIGH, NC, July 10, 2024 - Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) announces the launch of LANC-LIA (Legal Information Assistant), pronounced "Leah," an AI-powered virtual assistant on its website, legalaidnc.org. Developed in LANC's Innovation Lab in collaboration with LawDroid, LANC-LIA is designed to provide efficient and high-quality legal information to underserved communities. Technology is an essential component to the delivery of legal services, with AI poised to revolutionize operations. LANC's

RALEIGH - Three towns in two counties of the Research Triangle Region will be able to begin work on a joint effort to increase water supply to one of the fastest-growing areas of the state now that the Local Government Commission (LGC) gave its seal of approval for more than $368 million to cover project costs. The LGC approved a request from the Wake County towns of Fuquay-Varina and Holly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff's deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home, with one fatal blow to the head, as seen in body camera video released Monday. An Illinois grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who is white, last week. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated

By: Cash Michaels Embattled St. Augustine's University in Raleigh will have its doors open for the coming fall semester, thanks to a reversal by the arbitration committee of The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to reinstate the private, small HBCU of its accreditation membership. SAU may still be in business, but it's not out of the woods yet per its pressing problems. The school is

NEW YORK (AP) - When Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, exits the building on Jan. 1, 2026, he won't be looking back on the institution he's led since 2013 and which has shaped his life for longer than that. "I am taking my shoes with me and the next leader will bring their shoes, because those will be the right shoes for the next 12 years," Walker said

RALEIGH -The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand school-based health care in North Carolina. The grant will support NCDHHS' ongoing work to ensure school-aged children and their families have equitable access to health care and behavioral health services readily available in the same places where they learn and grow. "Schools provide

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed. How could Biden possibly heal