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Carrboro Joins LGBT Discrimination Supreme Court Brief

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 3, 2017 | National

Carrboro elected leaders have signed onto an amicus brief filed in a case before the United States Supreme Court over LGBTQ discrimination by a Colorado bake shop. Mayor Lydia Lavelle signed on with 150 mayors from across the...

Chapel Hill Joins LGBT Cake Shop Discrimination Supreme Court Brief

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 2, 2017 | National

Chapel Hill leadership has joined an amicus brief filed in a case before the United States Supreme Court over LGBTQ discrimination by a Colorado bake shop. Mayor Pam Hemminger, after receiving support from the Town Council,...

Legal Settlement, Executive Order Would Protect LGBT Residents

Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 18, 2017 | State Government

The settlement and order would ban government contractors from discriminating against LGBT people and mitigate the effects of HB142.

Anti-LGBT Posters Divide Students at North Carolina School

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 1, 2017 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Posters equating supporting LGBT rights to supporting sin have divided a North Carolina high school. The Times-News of Burlington reports the posters at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane referenced the Biblical story of...

NBA Announces 2019 All-Star Game Will Be Held in Charlotte

Posted by Associated Press | May 24, 2017 | State

The NBA All-Star game is headed back to Charlotte in 2019, a couple of years longer than anticipated. The NBA announced that the All-Star weekend will be held Feb. 15-17 in Charlotte and the game will be played at the Spectrum...

NC Governor Vows Executive Order to Expand LGBT Protections

Posted by Associated Press | May 16, 2017 | State

North Carolina’s governor says he’ll act on his own to improve protections for the state’s LGBT residents after compromising with Republicans on a partial repeal of a state law limiting anti-discrimination...

NCAA Returns Events to NC After State Rolls Back LGBT Law

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 18, 2017 | State

The NCAA has awarded men’s basketball tournament games in 2020 and 2021 along with several other championship events to North Carolina after the state repealed elements of a law that limited protections for LGBT people and...

Justice Department Drops North Carolina LGBT Rights Lawsuit

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 14, 2017 | State

The Trump administration is dropping a lawsuit against North Carolina after the state moved to undo its “bathroom bill.” Justice Department lawyers filed a motion Friday to dismiss their federal lawsuit. The move...

Bill Would Force Schools to Leave Leagues That Boycott State

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 12, 2017 | State

Some lawmakers want to make North Carolina’s public colleges leave their athletic conferences if those leagues boycott the state. A House bill filed this week and sponsored by four Republicans would require schools in the...

NBA: Charlotte Eligible to Host 2019 All-Star Game

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 7, 2017 | State

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says Charlotte will be eligible to host the 2019 All-Star Game after a recent change to a North Carolina law that limited anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people....

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