Five years after North Carolina blocked an expansion of Charlotteβs nondiscrimination ordinance, prompting a backlash that cost the state billions of dollars, the city council unanimously approved expansive protections for LGBT people and vulnerable residents.
With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining to overcome skeptics and deliver a cornerstone of President Joe Bidenβs agenda.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations Tuesday in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest days of COVID-19.
The Biden administration on Friday issued what it says will be the final extension to a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.
The Biden administration on Friday announced that federal student loan payments will remain suspended through January 2022, extending a pause that began at the start of the pandemic and was scheduled to expire next month. The Education Department said this will be the final extension.
Declaring the U.S. must βmove fastβ to win the carmaking future, President Joe Biden on Thursday touted a commitment from the auto industry to make electric vehicles up to half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade.
An investigation into Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying Monday he is βvery gladβ he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be βfar worse.β
Charlotte city leaders are one step closer to passing updates to the city's non-discrimination ordinance. The additions protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and natural hairstyles.
Tonight lawmakers on Capital Hill are scrambling to reach a deal to extend the federal eviction moratorium before it expires tomorrow night.
Led by South Carolinaβs Henry McMaster, a dozen Republican governors are wading into a lawsuit over Mississippiβs new anti-abortion law, the outcome of which could have implications for similar measures across the country.
The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled it could only be extended until the end of the month.
South Carolinaβs rapid growth isnβt happening in rural areas, and people who live outside places like Greenville, Myrtle Beach and the stateβs suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, are worried this yearβs redistricting is going to take away more of their dwindling power.
President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that itβs βgigantically importantβ for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again.
Neighbors and some city leaders are raising concerns about a proposed 28 story tower in the Cherry neighborhood. A developer wants to build it on two acres along South Kings Drive, between East 3rd and East 4th Streets.
President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intends to appeal a federal judgeβs ruling deeming illegal an Obama-era program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation and he renewed his calls for Congress to create a permanent solution.
So much for Donald Trumpβs quest for βperfectβ hair. The Biden administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasnβt getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads.
The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel. That changed Thursday when the first payment of $1,000 hit Danielβs bank account.
The Biden administration is beginning to distribute expanded child tax credit payments, giving parents on average $423 this month, with payments continuing through the end of the year.
North Carolina Republicans advanced legislation on Wednesday that defines how teachers can discuss certain concepts about race and racism inside the classroom.
