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Triad Responds To House Bill 2

WUNC News | By Laura Lee,
Frank Stasio
Published April 5, 2016 at 12:02 PM EDT
Scott Moore, Flickr, Creative Commons
Greensboro
Credit Scott Moore, Flickr, Creative Commons
Greensboro

Approximately 1,000 people gathered in Greensboro on Sunday to protest a controversial new law passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory.

Participants voiced their opposition to HB2. Gov. McCrory signed the bill into law immediately following its passage. The measure addresses a bathroom ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council, but it has other provisions that hinder the ability of municipalities to prevent discrimination.

Greensboro and HB2

  Some cities have passed resolutions in opposition to the law, and the Greensboro City Council meets tonight to consider a similar resolution.

The business community also responded to the law, saying it could have a damaging effect on industries in the state. In the Triad, concerns have been raised about its effect on the upcoming High Point Furniture Market.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Greensboro News & Record editorial page editor Allen Johnson and reporter Joe Killian about the latest.

Copyright 2016 North Carolina Public Radio
Laura Lee
Laura Lee began her journalism career as a producer and booker at NPR. She returned to her native North Carolina to manage The State of Things, a live daily statewide show on WUNC. After working as a managing editor of an education journalism start-up, she became a writer and editor at a national education publication, Edutopia. She then served as the news editor at Carolina Public Press, a statewide investigative newsroom. In 2022, she worked to build collaborative coverage of elections administration and democracy in North Carolina.

Laura received her master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland and her bachelor’s degree in political science and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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