El Pueblo is celebrating a court ruling temporarily overturning a provision in the 2017 Farm Act that passed the General Assembly in 2017 that included an anti-union, anti-immigrant provision that targeted the Farmworker Labor Organizing Committee, the only farmworker union in North Carolina. The bill promoted by Farm Bureau, and passed the General Assembly in […]
Category Archives: News
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Oct
Oct
After introducing North Carolina’s first ever bilingual Voter Guide in 2016, El Pueblo is proud to work alongside Democracy NC and Common Cause NC to present the 2018 edition. Click here to download the PDF guide in Spanish, and visit the website VotemosNC.com for Spanish info on candidates and voting info! Click here for the 2018 Voter Guide information in English.
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Oct
Oct
El Pueblo, Inc. is looking for people with experience in the care of children who can provide their services during our meetings and events. These meetings are normally held at the end of the afternoon (5:00 – 9:00 pm) during the week and occasionally in the mornings during the week and weekends. During our meetings we […]
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Sep
Sep
Hurricane Florence is currently making its way towards The Carolinas and Virginia. We are asking community members to take all precautions necessary to protect their families from potentially devastating rain, wind and flood damage. Here is a list of useful resources to help ensure safety: ReadyWake.gov – Be Prepared! Orange County – Hurricane FAQ’s FEMA.gov […]
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Aug
Aug
El Pueblo is deeply disappointed in yesterday’s two Supreme Court decisions that violate our values. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, better known as NIFLA v. Becerra, the Court’s decision to allow fake women’s health centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, to continue omitting important information about patients’ health options […]
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Aug
Aug
El Pueblo is deeply disappointed in yesterday’s two Supreme Court decisions that violate our values. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, better known as NIFLA v. Becerra, the Court’s decision to allow fake women’s health centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, to continue omitting important information about patients’ health options […]
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Aug
Aug
El Pueblo has been tracking the General Assembly’s special sessions in which they initially returned to Raleigh in mid-July to rewrite the laws authorizing the six proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this November. After Governor Roy Cooper vetoed both bills legislators passed in the one-day session,the General Assembly overrode the vetoes in early August. […]
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Jul
Jul
The General Assembly adjourned and just a few tweets later they returned to Raleigh for a legislative session to address the possibility that a Democratically controlled commission charged with writing the descriptions to six constitutional amendment questions before voters this fall may be negatively framed. El Pueblo is monitoring this developing story, but is not […]
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Jun
Jun
The General Assembly adjourned the short session today just after Noon on Friday, June 29th, however the adjournment resolution requires a lame duck session on November 27, 2018, just two weeks after the general election. That means all eligible bills are technically still alive. This adjournment resolution is in contrast to past adjournment resolutions for […]
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May
May
The General Assembly convened its short legislative session on May 16, 2018 and we were met with over 20,000 protesting teachers concerned about per pupil spending in K-12 education. El Pueblo staff and volunteers were part of the historic rally. For El Pueblo, the start of session was also marked by the defeat of several […]
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