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<p>Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.<br>—</p><p>Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded after a monthslong legal battle. But Democrats suffered a defeat that may be more consequential: losing control of the state board that sets voting rules and adjudicates election disputes. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Helene’s Unheard Warnings<br>—</p><p>As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-evacuation-warnings-yancey-county-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-evacuation-warnings-yancey-county-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-evacuation-warnings-yancey-county-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/nws/" rel="tag">#NWS</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a></p>

<p>North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”<br>—</p><p>The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by Republican Jefferson Griffin, who has cited debunked legal theories in his previous failed attempts to block Justice Allison Riggs’ reelection.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3WbuVMy" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3WbuVMy</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a></p>

<p>Hurricane Helene is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, and has devastated areas of Georgia and the Carolinas too. Garden &amp; Gun has created this list of local and regional organizations that are providing help, with details on how to donate. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/xU9baA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/xU9baA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/hurricanehelene/" rel="tag">#HurricaneHelene</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.<br>—</p><p>Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jef</span><span class="invisible">ferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a></p>

<p>They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.<br>—</p><p>A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-voters-jefferson-griffin-supreme-court-challenge?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-voters-jefferson-griffin-supreme-court-challenge?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-voters-jefferson-griffin-supreme-court-challenge?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@CackalackyCon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CackalackyCon</span></a></span> - Tech &amp; Hacker conference in NC</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CPublicPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CPublicPress</span></a></span> - Independent non-profit local news for North Carolina, founded 2011</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://doraleigh.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doraleigh.com</span></a></span> - Community news blog for Raleigh NC</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@firestorm" rel="nofollow">@firestorm</a> - Queer feminist collective in Asheville NC, runs bookstore co-op &amp; social movement</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>

<p>A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.<br>—</p><p>The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>

<p>Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene<br>—</p><p>Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/texasfloods/" rel="tag">#TexasFloods</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a></p>

<p>The bipartisan ask for an investigation comes after staffers at 18 crisis centers told ProPublica payments were delayed for months and led to cuts, some of which continue to limit urgent, potentially lifesaving services.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#Money</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>

<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p>

<p>Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors<br>---</p><p>For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#Power</a></p>

<p>Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.</p><p>But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fem</span><span class="invisible">a-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a></p>

<p>How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina<br>---</p><p>The GOP-led North Carolina legislature spent nearly 10 years trying to control the elections board. But it’s also taken aim at other commissions in the state by shifting who has power to appoint members that historically belonged to the governor.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#Power</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America<br>---</p><p>Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pau</span><span class="invisible">l-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a></p>

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<p>A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.<br>---</p><p>In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>Roughly 5,000 North Carolina homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene are awaiting help from the state.</p><p>But records show problems like rigid rules and insufficient staffing, which occurred in a previous rebuilding program, are starting to surface.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>: i love her mississippi goddam face, so here is an evolution of eunice kathleen waymons wearing it well, in honour of what would have been her 93rd birthday.<br><a href="/tags/ninasimone/" rel="tag">#ninaSimone</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/botd/" rel="tag">#botd</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#northCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a></p>