These N.C. Lawmakers Want To Police How Kids Express Their Gender
The latest anti-trans salvo isn't just a treatment ban. It forces school officials to snitch on kids who don't act or dress as their birth sex.
The latest anti-trans salvo isn't just a treatment ban. It forces school officials to snitch on kids who don't act or dress as their birth sex.
Technological innovation makes gathering visual land data easier and cheaper—and threatens an industry’s status quo.
A misdemeanor marijuana charge leads to an attempt to take $17,000.
More spending doesn't necessarily mean better results.
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Just the latest in a string of incidents involving school police and children with disabilities
There are many unique challenges facing election officials this year, but widespread malfeasance isn't one of them.
Lindsey Graham just dodged a third-party bullet, but there are a handful of other tossup Senate races where third-party candidates could exceed the major candidates' margin.
A North Carolina officer was fired after saying, "We are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them fucking niggers."
The 24-year-old real estate investor Madison Cawthorn also won his primary over Trump-backed businesswoman Lynda Bennett.
The government granted a temporary waiver allowing drone-based deliveries of medical supplies in North Carolina. That shouldn't end when the pandemic does.
A state trooper believed a man driving by and flipping the bird at the cops constituted disorderly conduct. (It didn't.)
The government has broad emergency powers, but that doesn't mean the Constitution is suspended.
The deputy now faces possible criminal charges.
"We’re still doing interviews, speaking with students, learning what was said and the context of the comment."
This year, Mississippi and North Carolina both ditched a vague "good moral character" clause that kept occupational licensing out of reach for people with criminal records.
State legislatures and Congress can (and probably should) take steps to limit partisan gerrymandering. This was never an issue for the courts to settle.
The debate about whether the killer should have been prosecuted for federal hate crimes shows how the Justice Department targets defendants based on the opinions they express.
It looked as though he was trying to put the gun on the ground.
Both companies say the city's restrictions are too burdensome to stay.
Common sense wins out...sort of.
"My son with autism was forced out of the home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for over an hour."
Sen. Richard Burr raises an interesting point about onerous regulation, but his argument is baffling.
According to the officer who took them down, the phone was "evidence."
CityWell United Methodist Church sheltered an undocumented immigrant until they said he was lured to an immigration office under false pretenses.
North Carolina capped income tax rates at 7 percent, while Florida will now require a supermajority to increase taxes or fees.
Price gouging is not the evil many officials make it out to be.
But she never should have faced criminal charges in the first place.
Tammie Hedges is facing upward of a dozen charges related to the medical care she freely provided to the animals.
If you need help during a disaster, look to the locals before the government.
The "Waffle House Index" shows some differences between the private and public sector when it comes to emergency preparedness.
The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office made a mistake.
The status quo is bad for voters, candidates, and democracy. State legislatures should try to fix it.
Silent Sam was erected in 1913 to honor UNC students who fought and died for the south. Critics say it is a symbol of white supremacy.
A new lawsuit from the Institute for Justice is challenging the state's certificate-of-need laws.
The entire Southport Police Department is now on paid leave.