North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday started the map-making process for new state legislative districts. Democrats pressed Republicans for information as to how the maps would impact Black voters.
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A Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Change North Carolina s Antiquated Child Marriage Law
The couple entered Drew Reisingerâs office in Asheville after a three-hour trip across two state lines.
He was 49, and she had just turned 17. Theyâd traveled to North Carolina from Kentucky for the stateâs more permissible marriage laws, they said.Â
It was 2019, one year after the state of Kentucky had passed a law banning marriage with someone under 18 without a court order. The couple wanted Reisinger, the Buncombe County register of deeds, to issue a license for their marriage in the Tar Heel state instead.
Reisinger took the girl aside to ask her questions privatelyâsheâd celebrated her 17th birthday less than a month before, still lived with her mother, who homeschooled her, and had no work experience. She still said she wanted to marry this man, who was her boyfriend. Reisinger quickly Googled Kentuckyâs lawsâas of 2018, the manâs relationship with
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CONSERVATIVES LAUNCH AD BLITZ ABOUT OPENING SCHOOLS: The State Government Leadership Foundation (SGLF) and N2 America announced Thursday that their new six-figure “Let Kids Learn” ad campaign will “highlight the true cost of keeping schools closed.” The campaign will target Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia, where both groups say “union-controlled politicians” are refusing to reopen schools. The ad campaign is starting just as the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed legislation this week that requires North Carolina school districts but not charter schools to offer in-person learning. Senate Bill 37 would also require school districts to offer daily in-person classes to special-education students. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper criticized the bill on Wednesday, saying it falls short of following state Department of Health and Human Services guidance and in giving state and local leaders the abilit