District of Columbia, North Carolina | September 22, 2021
Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates ‘Modern-Day Segregation,’ Says Rep. Cawthorn
District of Columbia, North Carolina | September 22, 2021
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) on Tuesday likened President Joe Biden’s recently announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates to “modern-day segregation,” saying that they should be “rescinded” as they infringe upon the personal liberties of Americans.
During an appearance on Newsmax, the Republican lawmaker was pressed by host Chris Salcedo about a viral video that showed a scuffle between a hostess at a New York City restaurant and three tourists, who are black, over a vaccine requirement.
Individuals dining indoors in the city are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia | August 16, 2021
Minorities Fleeing High-Tax, Democrat-Run States for High-Opportunity, Republican-Run Country
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia | August 16, 2021
Many black Americans moved from northern blue states to Georgia, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
Data from the 2020 census confirms a population shift that reflects “the decade’s broad population shifts: slow growth in the Northeast and Midwest, and gains in the South and some Western states.”
The last decade’s interstate migration shift also indicated that states with higher taxes and less opportunities for job growth lost residents to lower tax states with more job opportunities.
Population losses or small gains were widespread in the Northeast and Midwest, the 2020 census found, with Florida and Texas receiving the most interstate migrants, gaining 2.4 million and 2 million more people, respectively.
From 2010 to 2020 three states, Illinois, West Virginia, and Mississippi lost more people than they gained. Illinois and West Virginia each lost a congressional seat, and Illinois lost $6 billion in 2019 due to population losses alone, an analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website found….
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
North Carolina | August 13, 2021
As Vaccine Mandates Become a Reality, a North Carolina Senator Attempts to Limit Overreach
North Carolina | August 13, 2021
As local school boards across the country vote on mask mandates for students, a bill that would require children to get parental consent before getting the vaccine has been brought before North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
Republican state Sen. Joyce Krawiec, who sponsored House Bill 96, told The Epoch Times that she will also be revisiting another bill that could put a 30-day expiration date on school mask mandates.
The parental consent bill passed unanimously in the North Carolina Senate before landing on Cooper’s desk on Aug. 10, according to Krawiec.
Cooper has 10 days to sign or veto the bill.
Regarding the incentive of the bill, Krawiec told The Epoch Times that she was surprised to discover that children 12 to 17 could get the COVID-19 vaccine—which has not yet been granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration—without the consent of a parent or legal guardian… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
North Carolina | July 16, 2021
NC election officials deny request for House Republicans to look inside voting machines
North Carolina | July 16, 2021
RALEIGH N.C. (WNCN) – Republicans in the conservative North Carolina House Freedom Caucus want to get an inside look at state voting machines, they say, to clear up myths that they could be connected to the Internet during an election.
But the North Carolina Board of Elections denied the request and wants the lawmakers to trust the state’s vetting process.
Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-79) is spearheading the effort.
“The state board of elections is a state agency. We have oversight on everything in this state,” Kidwell said.
He and 25 other house Republicans want to have technicians open and inspect random voting machines to debunk rumors that they could include modems.
“Open and allow us to look in the systems and then close the systems. We would not invade, compromise, or damage the machines,” Kidwell said.
Kidwell said the caucus does not have concrete evidence of the modems, but rather emails from constituents.
“What we have are concerns from the public,” Kidwell said…
(Excerpts from CBS 17)
Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee | June 7, 2021
Migration Study Shows Big Cities Continue Losing Population During First Quarter
Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee | June 7, 2021
Americans in the first quarter of 2021 continued their 2020 pattern of moving from expensive, densely populated areas to warmer, more tax-affordable states, according to a new study from Updater Technologies.
Updater Technologies is an online platform that allows people to use a centralized hub for moving, including finding a moving company, connecting internet and utility services and updating their address. The company says the inbound and outbound data it uses is more reliable than tabulating mail forwarding forms because it captures fully completed permanent moves in real time. It also indexes cities and states based on population, since using raw numbers would skew toward the most populated areas based on sheer volume.
Out of roughly 300,000 household moves during the first quarter, only 16 states had a greater percentage of inbound moves than outbound: Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia and Maine.
Half of those states are considered to be year-round warm weather states. In addition, four of them – Nevada, Florida, Tennessee and Texas – do not levy a state income tax.
“It’s been fascinating to watch migration patterns shift away from cities and to warmer weather climates during the pandemic,” said Updater CEO David Greenberg. “With vaccinations underway, restrictions lifted in some of our hardest-hit cities, and companies rolling out permanent hybrid working solutions, we’re anticipating a summer moving season unlike any other with a series of new, atypical patterns.”
Updater said its first quarter data for 2020 showed a higher-than-expected volume of moves, but that plummeted in March as the coronavirus pandemic hit and many states issued shelter in place orders. Move volume did not reach expected summer levels until the third quarter, and the fourth quarter of last year showed typical volumes that would be expected in a non-pandemic year…
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
Alabama, North Carolina | May 31, 2021
State Legislatures Work to Protect Infants Who Survive Abortion
Alabama, North Carolina | May 31, 2021
Lawmakers in the Alabama state senate have unanimously approved the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a popular piece of pro-life legislation that requires doctors to provide appropriate medical care to newborn infants who survive an abortion procedure.
In the May 17 vote, the bill received not only unanimous support but also the votes of several Democratic state senators. According to an Alabama Daily News reporter, one such lawmaker, Democrat Linda Coleman, described the born-alive bill as an effort to protect newborn babies, saying it is not an abortion bill but rather a right-to-life bill.
The born-alive bill has already passed the Alabama House of Representatives with overwhelming support. Republican governor Kay Ivey is expected to sign the bill into law.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the North Carolina state senate passed its own version of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on a party-line vote. The bill, S.B. 405, is still under consideration in the North Carolina House of Representatives but it is likely to pass, as Republicans hold a commanding majority in the lower chamber…
(Excerpts from the National Review)