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Stall Cop: NC Governor Pat McCrory makes MAD Magazine’s ’20 Dumbest List’
McCrory signed HB2 into law, requiring trans people to use the bathrooms matching the gender identity on their birth certificates, as well as invalidating protections for the LGBTQ community.
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Newly revealed emails show North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law cost state 700 jobs
One email to city officials says the research firm’s CEO received pushback from his board when they were deciding where to create a base for operations.
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Maine basketball uses game in North Carolina to show LGBTQ support
“Boycotting is one way to stand up to [HB2]. Another type of pressure is to go stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Duke and show our support.”
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Officials say anti-LGBTQ law cost North Carolina project with 700 jobs
A Charlotte Chamber of Commerce official wrote in an email that CoStar was rethinking Charlotte “due to all of the press and chatter over HB2.”
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Multi-billion dollar NC furniture market reports attendance drop after HB2
The authority was one of the first business groups to warn the law would hurt commerce. The market generates about $5 billion in statewide economic activity.
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NC governor’s race drama continues as Democrat Cooper picks transition team
It looks like signing anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2 into law has cost Gov. Pat McCrory his reelection bid in North Carolina, and Roy Cooper is ready to officially become governor.
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Gov. Pat McCrory still thousands of votes short in North Carolina race
At last count, the antigay governor trails attorney general Roy Cooper by 5,000 votes.
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Gov. Pat McCrory appears defeated in NC but won’t concede to Roy Cooper
Gov. McCrory is awaiting the full count of provisional ballots and could also call for a recount.
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How North Carolina votes today will shape its future political identity
On both ends of the political spectrum, many voters say they’re more engaged than they’ve been in a while.
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Desperate NC Republicans try to shut down paper’s public forum on anti-LGBTQ law
Republicans filed a complaint to the elections board trying to stop a forum on their discriminatory law, which cost the state millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.