Blake Brockington (pictured) recently made history when he became the first transgender teen in the state of North Carolina to be crowned homecoming king, according…
Five years after being released from prison Michael Vick still can’t shake his dogfighting past. According to reports, the NFL star’s upcoming appearance at the Greater Raleigh (North Carolina) Chamber of Commerce’s “Evening of Champions” has been met with opposition from those who feel his presence is the last thing they or any young athlete […]
Charlotte mother Suzette Henderson (pictured) claims a gym teacher at her son’s school, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) made a joke about his skin color, WSOCTV reports. SEE…
(AP) – North Carolina state government has suspended a welfare program for the unemployed because there was no guarantee the federal government would reimburse the state for keeping benefits going until the shutdown ends. The state Department of Health and Human Services said starting Monday it directed county social service offices to no longer approve […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Portions of more than 50 new laws take effect Tuesday in North Carolina, including those that ease restrictions on concealed weapons in restaurants and education property and place additional rules on abortion. People with concealed handgun permits can now carry their weapon within a restaurant where alcohol is served, provided they […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Patrick Cannon will face Republican Edwin Peacock in a race to decide the next mayor of Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports that the 46-year-old Cannon, a council member who was first elected in 1993, edged James Mitchell in a hotly contested Democratic primary. Unofficial returns show Cannon received 56 percent […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s governor on Monday quietly signed a measure into law that overhauls the state’s election laws to require government-issued photo IDs at the polls and to shorten early voting, moves that drew stinging criticism and threats of legal action from the NAACP and other groups. The American Civil Liberties Union […]
Roland Martin talks with Representative Alma Adams about the controversial voter i.d. law in North Carolina.
