HB2
PPP: Few North Carolinians Feel Safer Under HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 10, 2016 | Featured, State
North Carolina’s House Bill 2, commonly known as HB2, remains unpopular among North Carolinians, according to a newly released survey from Public Policy Polling. The new results show that 43 percent of North Carolinians are...
Read MoreJudge Mulling Arguments Over Bathroom Provision of HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 2, 2016 | Featured, State
North Carolinians will have to wait for a ruling on whether a federal judge will block a portion of the state’s controversial House Bill 2, which advocates continue to call the worst piece of anti-LGBT legislation in the nation....
Read MoreTrial Date Set for HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 26, 2016 | Featured, State
A trial date for arguments over North Carolina’s House Bill 2 has been set. A federal court has scheduled the trial in the legal challenge to HB2 for Monday, November 14 – the Monday following Election Day on November 8. House...
Read MoreChansky’s Notebook: A Bad View
Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 22, 2016 | Sports
NBA Pulling All-Star Game from Charlotte Over HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 21, 2016 | Featured, State
The National Basketball Association is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over North Carolina’s House Bill 2. The Vertical was first to report the news Thursday afternoon. The NBA confirmed the reports in a statement...
Read MoreFederal Court to Hear Arguments Regarding Injunction for House Bill 2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 15, 2016 | Featured, State
North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 will be argued before United States District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder on Monday, August 1. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Lambda Legal filed a...
Read MoreHB2 Hurts Tourism
Posted by The Commentators | Jul 11, 2016 | The Commentators
As a County Commissioner, I have the opportunity to serve on the board of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, a board that helps build and maintain Orange County’s tourism industry. I’ve learned a lot. I used to be...
Read More2017 Conference Slated for Chapel Hill Cancels Over HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 8, 2016 | Business, Featured
A convention scheduled to take place in Chapel Hill next year has canceled over North Carolina’s...
Read MoreUS Department of Justice Asks Federal Court to Bar Implementation of HB2
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 6, 2016 | Featured, State
North Carolina’s House Bill 2 constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex by requiring transgender individuals to use the bathroom and changing facility that corresponds with their birth certificate rather than their...
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