Charlotte, Raleigh and roughly three dozen other cities and towns in North Carolina would shift this fallβs municipal elections to early next year in legislation advancing in the state Senate to address Census Bureau delays.
The budget battle rages on between county leaders and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Commissioners are moving forward with plans to withhold $56 million from the district over concerns about failing schools.
One year after his death, George Floyd is being remembered in Charlotte and around the world, as activists continue to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality.
Legislation to establish an independent commission investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6th will likely die in the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sending strong signals that House Democrats will go it alone if the commission vote fails in the Senate.
Conservative lawmakers nationwide introduced a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, but no stateβs political leaders have gone further than Tennessee in enacting new laws targeting transgender people.
Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of rioting. But he got caught up in the mob of angry supporters of then-President Donald Trump as they surged into the U.S. Capitol, breaking through police barriers and smashing through doors.
Hundreds of masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the groupβs top leader made his first public appearance on Saturday, in a defiant show of strength after the militantsβ 11-day war with Israel.
The Biden administration recently gave a bit of simple advice to businesses that are unable to find workers: Offer them more money.
Governor Cooper says anyone claiming unemployment benefits in North Carolina will be required to fulfill new work search requirements beginning June 6th under his executive order.
A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.
Former President Donald Trump is expected to speak in Greenville, North Carolina in June.
The CDC says vaccinated people can go out and about and leave their mask at home. But health officials strongly recommend unvaccinated people keep wearing their masks.
White House officials provide an update on plans to deliver fuel across the southeast, as gas stations face a shortage due to panic buying in response to a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline.
In response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in North Carolina and temporarily suspending motor vehicle fuel regulations to ensure adequate fuel supply supplies throughout the state.
Representative Liz Cheney is likely to lose her position as the number three House Republican. Cheney is among the few members of the GOP to vote for the second impeachment of then-President Donald Trump.
In 2020, election officials tried to make voting easier and safer amid a global pandemic. Next time, they might get fined or face criminal charges.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging list of new voting restrictions into law Thursday, staging a misleading, made-for-TV ceremony meant to tout his credentials on a top priority for the Republican Partyβs conservative base.
North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a proposal to prevent state and local governments from firing or retaliating against employees who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, positioning himself for a possible return to elected office, told an audience in early-voting South Carolina that he will spend the coming months βpushing back on the liberal agendaβ he says is wrong for the country.
Police reform is back in the spotlight. It comes as protests continue in the fatal shooting of a Black man by deputies in Elizabeth City. Andrew Brown Jr. will be laid to rest on Monday.
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