Medicaid expansion in North Carolina and Eli Lilly’s insulin price cuts are largely due to the March 2021 law.
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Democrats Could Be Missing Out on a Crucial Midterm Pickup
Cheri Beasley has been neck and neck with her Republican opponent for Senate in North Carolina all year. But national Democrats have only recently delivered funding support.
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Republicans Seize on Congressional Stock Trading Ban
On the campaign trail, Republicans are attacking Pelosi and Democrats over a failed bipartisan effort at the end of September.
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The RNC’s Ground Game of Inches
Inside the secretive, dubious, and extremely offline attempt to convert minorities into Republicans
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Dem Voters Want Dem Pols Who Do Things
The Joe Manchin wing of the party lost big on Tuesday.
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Super PACs Play Loose With the Facts in Promoting Corporate Dems
In races in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, corporate PAC ads have been taken off TV for misinformation.
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The Ohio Model for Purging Progressives
A Democratic establishment victory in a House race last year has emboldened big money to upend this primary cycle.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Completely Overturn Majority Rule … for Now
The Court is moving toward verifying a doctrine that gives state legislatures near-unilateral authority over election laws.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
Posted inEducation in America
Classroom Segregation Endures in North Carolina
New legislation would raise awareness about educational disparities across the state. But first the state must address the stratification within schools.