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RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union, more than 70 national organizations, 40 North Carolina groups, and 80 North Carolina businesses are urging Governor Roy Cooper to veto a bill that would force all North Carolina county sheriffs to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in de
RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Public Safety today transferred Kanautica Zayre-Brown to a women’s facility following months of negotiation with the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina and pressure from community members. Ms.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The State of North Carolina cannot use H.B. 142, the law that replaced H.B. 2, to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and other facilities in state government buildings that match their gender under an agreement approved today by a federal court.
State Senators today unveiled a modified version of House Bill 370 that would force all North Carolina county sheriffs to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in detaining and deporting community members or face potential removal from office.
RALEIGH –Today the North Carolina House of Representatives sustained Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 359, which targeted health care providers who provide safe and legal abortion care with the threat of a serious criminal penalty.
Following months of negotiation and pressure from the community, the N.C. Department of Public Safety today announced that it plans to transfer Kanautica Zayre-Brown to a women’s facility. Zayre-Brown, a woman who is transgender, has been incarcerated in men's facilities for more than a year.
