This week, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to North Carolina and spoke at Johnson C. Smith University as a part of her Economic Opportunity Tour. The Vice President highlighted the administration’s new proposal to remove medical debt from credit reports and highlighted investments in local communities.

• In North Carolina: Charlotte Observer: Medical debt shouldn’t kill credit scores, VP Kamala Harris says in Charlotte
• In North Carolina: WFAE: In Charlotte, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about medical debt
• In North Carolina: WCCB: Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks At Johnson C. Smith University
• In North Carolina: Spectrum News: Vice President Harris takes on debt, generational wealth in Charlotte 

The DNC announced an investment of nearly $2 million into red and blue states to support organizing efforts in down ballot races, helping to elect Democrats up and down the ballot this November. This funding will provide state parties with resources necessary to achieve goals like breaking GOP supermajorities in red states and hiring college campus organizers. 

• In Indiana: Indy Star: Indiana isn’t a battleground state. But national Dems want to help break GOP supermajority
• In Colorado: Colorado Politics: DNC sending $100K grant to Colorado Democrats to hire campus organizers, target down-ballot races
• In South Dakota: The Dakota Scout: National Democratic party putting $70k into down-ballot South Dakota races
• In Maryland: Baltimore Banner: Democratic National Committee funnels money to Maryland’s US Senate race
• In Nebraska: Nebraska Examiner: National, Nebraska Dems spending $80k on a Nebraska political staffer 
• In Texas: Dallas Morning News: National Democratic group spends $140,000 on Texas voter turnout effort 
• In New Mexico: New Mexico Political Report: Democrats announce spending on CD2 race

While Democrats show their support in cities throughout the country, Trump would rather disparage them. Democrats fired back after Donald Trump sparked outrage by calling Milwaukee, Wisconsin – where the RNC will hold its 2024 convention this summer – a “horrible city.”

• In Wisconsin: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Democrats launch billboards in Milwaukee after Trump says it’s a ‘horrible city’
• In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Examiner: Trump tells House Republicans Milwaukee is a ‘horrible city’
• In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Public Radio: Democrats look to use Donald Trump’s ‘horrible city’ comment as rallying cry 

MAGA Republicans stumbled into another self-inflicted wound of embarrassment as news broke that multiple GOP state party bylaws prohibit support for political candidates with felony convictions.

• In Nevada: The Nevada Independent: Nevada GOP’s bylaws bar support for convicted felons. It made an exception for Trump. 
• In Vermont: My Champlain Valley: Vermont GOP unsure if it will support Trump due to rule against felon candidates 

The Biden-Harris administration has continued to invest in states across the country, helping to build sustainable industries and create a brighter future for all Americans. 

• In Utah: Utah Public Radio: Washington County receives $20.5M for regional water reuse project 
• In California: Hoodline: San Diego Receives $37 Million from Biden’s Infrastructure Law for Flood Prevention and Water Quality 
• In Maine: WABI: New high-speed electric vehicle charging stations to open across Maine 
• In Pennsylvania: Franklin County Free Press: Pennsylvania Enhances Airport Infrastructure and Economic Impact
• In Seattle: The Keene Sentinel: Washington salmon passage projects are getting more than $75M