Articles for tag: North Carolina

October 21, 2025

Redrawn Lines, Rising Stakes: How North Carolina’s NC-01 Map Shift Sends Shockwaves

Under President Trump’s Watch: How North Carolina’s Republicans Redrew NC-01 and Set the Stage for an 11-3 House Advantage in 2026 In the early hours of Tuesday in Raleigh, as the night lights faded on the state capitol of Raleigh, the Republican-led Senate of North Carolina quietly completed a major shift in the state’s political terrain. With a 26-20 party-line vote, legislators advanced a new congressional map whose repercussions will ripple well beyond the state borders. What may have seemed to some like a routine mid-term map redraw is being viewed by many — and celebrated by others — as

October 9, 2025

North Carolina Democrat Lawmaker Arrested on Child Rape Charges

North Carolina State Representative Cecil Brockman Arrested on Child Rape and Indecency Charges — Party Calls for His Immediate Resignation North Carolina State Representative Cecil Brockman, a six-term Democratic lawmaker representing Guilford County, was arrested on October 8, 2025, after shocking allegations surfaced accusing him of sexually assaulting a minor. According to multiple confirmed reports and court records, Brockman faces four felony charges, including statutory rape of a child aged between 13 and 15 and two counts of indecent liberties with a child. The charges stem from an incident that allegedly took place on August 15, 2025. The arrest sent

October 3, 2025

Governor Josh Stein Signs Iryna’s Law After Weeks of Delay

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein Signs Iryna’s Law Banning Cashless Bail for Violent Offenses After Public Pressure Over Refugee’s Murder North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has signed House Bill 307, widely known as Iryna’s Law, putting an end to cashless bail for violent offenses and closing long-criticized loopholes that allowed dangerous criminals back on the streets. The signing comes after nearly two weeks of delay, during which the bill sat on the governor’s desk despite overwhelming bipartisan support and public outcry for immediate action. The law was named after 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was brutally stabbed to death

October 2, 2025

Josh Stein Under Fire for Delaying Iryna’s Law in North Carolina

Governor Josh Stein Faces Backlash After Letting Iryna’s Law Sit for Nine Days Without Signature Despite Veto-Proof Support North Carolina’s political climate has grown increasingly heated over the fate of Iryna’s Law, a sweeping reform to the state’s bail system that has been sitting unsigned on Governor Josh Stein’s desk for more than a week. The bill, officially known as House Bill 307, was passed by a veto-proof bipartisan majority on September 24, 2025, with a 44-4 vote in the Senate and 107-8 in the House. Yet as of October 2, the governor has not acted, and Republicans are voicing