VOLUME 10 ISSUE 17 | THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025
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No Kings across North Carolina Protestors rallied across the state and country, holding “No Kings” protests Saturday in response to the policies of Donald Trump on the same day the president oversaw a parade celebrating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. Left: In Southern Pines, protestors march while one calls out using a megaphone. Center: In Cary, people assemble on the side of the road as an American flag hangs in the foreground. Right: In Fayetteville, a woman holds a sign adorned with peace signs.
Stein ratifies 6 bills; 4 unsigned
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The governor signed his first legislation outside of those for hurricane recovery
N.C. redistricting trial begins Winston-Salem North Carolina congressional and legislative districts drawn by Republicans in 2023 that helped them retain majorities in Raleigh and Washington are in court. A trial began Monday in two federal lawsuits filed by voters and advocacy groups that accuse mapmakers of illegally eroding black voting power while enacting lines that aided GOP electoral prospects. The lawsuits claim that lines are so skewed that many black voters lack the ability to elect their preferred candidates. Republicans counter that they used no race-based data in developing the plans. The trial won’t end until next month.
Judges side with GOP in highway commander appointment case Raleigh A panel of North Carolina trial judges dismissed Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s case against GOP legislative leaders over the issue of who gets to appoint and remove the State Highway Patrol commander. The Superior Court panel’s Monday decision means the case doesn’t go to trial, but it can be appealed. The lawsuit focuses on part of a power-shifting law passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly last year. The provision outlines that Col. Freddy Johnson would remain in his role as the State Highway Patrol commander until 2030. Former Gov. Roy Cooper, also a Democrat, originally appointed Johnson in 2021.
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Democrat criticized over image depicting beheaded Trump The NCGOP called for Wake County Rep. Julie von Haefen to resign By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Rep. Julie von Haefen (D-Wake) drew criticism for a post she made to social media that included a photo showing a depiction of a beheaded President Don-
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“One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota.”
Vance Boelter was detained and charged in the shootings of two legislators and their spouses The Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Minn. — The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge. Vance Boelter was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and two of attempted murder. He is accused of
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Gov. Josh Stein, pictured last Thursday in Greensboro, signed six bills into law last week.
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ald Trump with imagery of a guillotine. The Wake County Democrat had posted the image in a video on her Instagram account, taken from the “No Kings” protest in Raleigh on June 14. The image gained attention, and she later admitted to editing it out of the video. Additionally, von Haefen also
RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein signed his first round of non-hurricane recovery bills of the current legislative long session last week.
Stein signed six bills into law during a signing ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion on June 13, including House Bill 506, legislation the governor said “modernizes our state’s investment system.” “This bill puts North Carolina in line with the rest of the nation and allows us to make responsible decisions investing our state employees’
posing as a police officer and fatally shooting former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs. Authorities say he also shot Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette. They were injured at their residence about 9 miles away. “One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota,” Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said at a news conference after Boelter’s arrest. The search for Boelter was the “largest manhunt in the state’s history,” Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said. It began when Brooklyn Park See SHOOTING, page A8