NC Policy Watch: “The statements were in response to to a Wednesday report by Wilmington’s WECT-TV that detailed several disturbing developments in what has been an ongoing saga involving Greene. The report explains that Greene uttered multiple racist and hate-filled statements in the aftermath of a closely contested 2018 election in which his residency in the county…

NC Policy Watch: “The free event, Deeper into Democracy: Voting & Elections in NC Today, will be held at the Greensboro History Museum Sunday, October 2 at 3 p.m. Cooper, a Political Science professor and director of the Public Policy Institute at Western Carolina University, is editor and co-author of The New Politics of North Carolina and The Resilience of Southern…

AR Times: “Judge Kristine Baker has permanently enjoined a 2019 law that made it harder for third parties to qualify for the general election ballot. The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals had already upheld a preliminary injunction in the case, but Secretary of State John Thurston continued to argue for the statute. The judge rejected…

NY Times: “As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the “put it on the credit card mentality” he had come to Washington to oppose. “I sympathize with the victims,” he said. But his answer was…

AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed on Wednesday that most major male facilities in the state are still experiencing worker stoppages and that facilities have switched to two meals a day as a result of the general strike and protest launched by incarcerated individuals on Monday. The ADOC, in a statement released on…

WaPo: “Jackson’s water crisis has been rightly described as a “climate justice wake-up call.” Decades of neglect led to a deteriorating water system that reached a breaking point this summer. When torrential rains caused a flood near Jackson’s largest water treatment plant in August — coming on top of staffing shortages and equipment failures — a major pump was damaged, a chemical…

WUNC: “Their daughter and a younger sibling found a gay-friendly church, College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro. They “started attending with our blessing because we knew if she continued attending our church, she’d be totally turned off to God,” Caroline Joyce said. The College Park church found itself in the news last week when the…

WaPo: “Imagine that instead of settling for one candidate in an election — perhaps the lesser of evils — you could rank multiple candidates according to your preference. It’s called “ranked-choice voting” (RCV), and it is slowly gaining traction as an alternative way to conduct elections. Some states are making limited use of it, including Maryland and…

Politico: “But DeSantis still hasn’t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a major hurricane. That’s poised to change this week as Hurricane Ian, a 500-mile wide monster of a storm, builds strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and appears destined to slam into some portion of…

TX Tribune: “Texas banned more books from school libraries this past year than any other state in the nation, targeting titles centering on race, racism, abortion and LGBTQ representation and issues, according to a new analysis by PEN America, a nonprofit organization advocating for free speech. The report released on Monday found that school administrators…