State: State Lawmakers and House Bill

state: The deal was supposedly reached with input from top politicians and industry leaders Charlotte agreed to eliminate its anti-discrimination ordinance on the condition that state lawmakers then repeal the legislation known as House Bill 2, which had been a response to Charlotte's action, according to Brandon Sun. But bipartisan efforts to return both the city and state to a more harmonious past fell apart amid mutual distrust, and neither side seemed to worry about retribution in the next election. The failure of state lawmakers to follow through instead shows how much faith each side has lost in the other, as Americans segregate themselves into communities of us and them, defined by legislative districts that make compromise unlikely. With GOP map-drawers drawing most legislative districts to be uncompetitively red or blue, politicians see little downside to avoiding a negotiated middle-ground. The failed repeal shows the same polarization, said David Lublin, a Southern politics expert in American University's School of Public Affairs. And since the day Republicans passed and signed it into law last March, HB2 has reflected these broad divisions in society. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.