Melanie Sill#HeadsUpNC North Carolina faces #Trump #tariffs impact. #NC was 14th-largest exporting state in most recent data per US trade rep. In '23, $42.2B exports; biggest markets Canada, China and Mexico; most exports manufactured goods (5.5% of state GDP), $4.5b agriculture. #NCPol https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits/nc
#HeadsUpNC News orgs across #NC are covering impact of federal actions, keep up here, also find links to send relevant info https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlVftQbRvrDVGaAFqjP-NxWuqNCV3UOxqX04urKhbdpfDjr7_T0r942EpkuQERykd6FFSsoQoAx1UN/pub #NCPol #journalism (3/3)
Spreadsheet with data used in NC Health News analysis of federal program impact in North Carolina. Story also available for news outlets to republish. https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Medicaid-and-Trump-in-NC-1.pdf #HeadsUpNC #journalism #NCPol (2/3)
#HeadsUpNC: With major #Medicaid cuts on the table, this recent NC Health News breakdown shows rural #NC areas would feel greatest impact https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/02/17/medicaid-cuts-in-rural-nc/ #journalism #NCPol (1/3)
#HeadsUpNC The NC Chamber of Commerce is asking #Trump EPA to block limits on cancer-linked chemicals going from industrial facilities into Cape Fear basin drinking water sources. Peter Castagno explains complex battle affecting large chunk of #NC https://portcitydaily.com/latest-news/2025/02/17/north-carolina-chamber-asks-sen-tillis-to-help-prevent-14-dioxane-regulation/ #NCPol
Also, NC #journalists might note large percentages of "don't know" on significant policy issues and, strikingly, many voters aren't aware of election security measures already in place in #NorthCarolina even as GOP state and federal legislators move to add restrictions. This from new Meredith Poll. (3/3) #NC #HeadsUpNC #Trump #Stein #NCPol
The Meredith poll drilled down on questions such as Lumbee tribal recognition (majority approve) and eliminating US Dept of Education (most oppose), lots in this wideranging survey of #NC voters (2/3) #HeadsUpNC #Trump #Stein #NCPol
#HeadsUpNC: New Meredith University poll reported by several outlets has many interesting findings beyond #Trump approval (more disapprove than approve) and #Stein numbers (reverse): Worth reading full report, scroll to bottom for tables https://www.meredith.edu/wp-content/u... #NCPol (1/3)
#HeadsUpNC, #UNC issues guidance for university researchers on #NIH indirect funding cuts, which are supposed to take effect Monday. https://research.unc.edu/2025/02/08/o... #NCPol
OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs, Feb. 8 - UNC Research
Dear Carolina research community, Late Friday afternoon the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a new notice entitled “Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Costs.” This notice states that effective immediately, all NIH grants must have … Read more
#HeadsUpNC new data on ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin in #NC Supreme Court election via NC elections guru Gerry Cohen @gercohen.bsky.social #NCPol
https://bsky.app/profile/gercohen.bsky.social/post/3lhohloo5sc2u
Gerry Cohen (@gercohen.bsky.social)
#ncsbe has now examined the original voter registration applications of 62,027 voters protested for "incomplete registrations" and found 31,167 in fact were complete with all required info. /1 #ncpol https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZMdvFfEBpuY2AZh5xyegn7WUKX_kz2om/view?usp=drive_link