RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory shows no signs of backing down in the face of the federal government's Monday deadline to declare he won't enforce the new state law limiting protections for LGBT people — defiance that could risk funding for the state's university system and lead to a protracted legal battle.

McCrory and other state officials have been under pressure since the U.S. Justice Department warned last week that the law passed in March violates civil rights protections against sex discrimination on the job and in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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McCrory has called the law a common-sense measure. He said it's designed to protect the privacy of people who use bathrooms and locker rooms and to expect all people inside the facilities to be of the same gender. McCrory said Sunday he was not aware of any North Carolina cases of transgender people using their gender identity to access a restroom and molest someone, a fear frequently cited by the law's supporters as the main reason for its passage.

While McCrory agreed that the Justice Department could warn of consequences if North Carolina established separate bathrooms for white and black people, the governor said the agency goes too far in contending that transgender people enjoy similar civil rights protections.

Read more here: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/8078/north-carolina-faces-monday-deadline

May 9, 2016

Sanders' problem: Winning over Clinton's superdelegates

WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders has a problem.

Remember those superdelegates, the Democratic Party leaders and elected officials who can vote for the candidate of their choice? The ones Sanders' supporters have been complaining about for months? It turns out, to have a shot at beating out Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, he needs them.

A lot of them.

He needs the ones who remain uncommitted, as well as more than 200 of those who have already publicly endorsed Clinton. Mathematically, Sanders cannot win the nomination without that support.

On Saturday, Sanders netted more than two dozen delegates over Clinton in Washington state after the party released vote data broken down by congressional district.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article76482787.html#storylink=cpy

May 8, 2016

Maine News - 5/8/2016

Education funding mandate being ignored

Maine Democrats vote to strip superdelegates of power

Electricity Maine to be sold for $28 million

Fact check: Gov. LePage statements on right-to-work and income incorrect

Maine Democrats torn between Sanders, Clinton at state convention

School refutes LePage’s claim student repeatedly overdosed

Bath council finds no foul in relaxed rules on urban chicken
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