After 12 Years, Mark Chilton Stepping Down Early as Orange County Register of Deeds
Orange County Register of Deeds Mark Chilton announced Thursday that he’s stepping down, a few months before his term was set to expire.
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Moral Monday
Moral Monday Movement Turning 5 Years Old with Rally
An effort by North Carolina civil rights groups and citizens opposing Republican policies at the North Carolina General Assembly is returning to where it began five years ago. Movement organizers planned a get-out-the-vote rally...
Read MoreCase of Arrested Protesters at Legislature Will Go to Trial
A judge says the case of two people arrested at the North Carolina Legislative Building during a protest will continue. Superior Court Judge Carl Fox rejected arguments that the building rules were illegal. Fox ruled in Wake...
Read MoreRallies For and Against HB 2 At Start of Legislative Session
Supporters and opponents of House Bill 2 rallied in Raleigh on Monday on the first day of the General Assembly’s legislative session. The Forward Together Moral Movement, together with the NAACP, organized a rally against House...
Read MoreMoral March Against HB 2 Planned for Monday
The North Carolina NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement announced a sit-in at the State Capitol planned for Monday. The organizations held a press conference Friday condemning House Bill 2, as they held signs calling it...
Read MoreSeils: ‘Moral Monday’ Charges Against ‘Orange County Five’ to be Dropped
A member of the so-called “Orange County Five,” a group of elected officials arrested during Moral Monday protests last year, told WCHL on Friday that the Wake County D.A. will drop his case, along with those of his co-defendants.
Read More20 Arrested At Moral Monday
Nearly 20 people were arrested outside the doors of the state Senate chamber at the North Carolina General Assembly, two days after a judge struck down building rules regarding demonstrations.
Read MoreBarber: Moral Monday Rally to Focus on Workers
The North Carolina NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement will hold what’s being billed as a Mass Moral Monday at the General Assembly on June 16.
Read MoreSen. Berger Meets Moral Monday Protesters
North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, a Rockingham Republican, sat down and talked for nearly an hour with 15 protesters who had staged a sit-in in outside his office Monday night at the Legislative Building.
Read MoreVIDEO: Eleven Cited at Moral Monday
Eleven protesters were detained by police near Governor Pat McCrory’s office in the Capitol Building in Raleigh Monday night, and released with citations about two-and-a-half hours later.
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