Governor Roy Cooper announced Thursday that people with high-risk medical conditions in Group 4 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 17th in North Carolina.
Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.
The White House began highlighting the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill immediately after it gained final congressional approval on Wednesday, wasting no time in selling the public on President Joe Bidenβs first legislative victory.
As Prince Harry and Meghanβs TV interview reverberates internationally, itβs left the more than 50 million viewers grappling with the coupleβs claims of racism and lack of support that Meghan says drove her to thoughts of suicide.
The House approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Wednesday, sending it to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The milestone political victory would provide $1,400 checks for most Americans and direct billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses.
A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the governmentβs spending might against twin pandemic and economic crises that have upended a nation.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders announced compromise legislation Wednesday that will mean more K-12 students in North Carolina will return to daily in-person instruction, some almost immediately.
The U.S. Senate passing the latest COVID relief bill. Next, it heads back to the House for approval, before it lands on President Biden's desk. And the latest on COVID vaccination, as North and South Carolina enter new phases, while some states reopen without restrictions.
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts.
Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonaldβs cook in Houston, canβt afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become more lax about wearing masks, even though the fast food company requires them.
A former State Department aide in President Donald Trumpβs administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the Capitol and assaulting officers who were trying to guard the building, court papers show.
An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the partyβs showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order on Friday lifting the mask mandate inside restaurants and government buildings.
A new South Carolina law banning abortions will stay on hold following a judgeβs order on Friday to extend a temporary restraining order.
North Carolina state government and local governments in nearly 20 counties can receive financial help from Washington following heavy rains and flooding in November now that President Joe Biden has issued a disaster declaration.
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People who are unemployed in North Carolina will be required to prove theyβre searching for work in order to keep their jobless benefits.
President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May β two months earlier than anticipated β and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of March to hasten school reopenings.
Senate Democrats considered reshaping parts of the House-passed COVID-19 relief bill on Monday, as party leaders who are hoping to salvage a minimum wage increase abandoned one proposal aimed at pressuring big companies to boost workersβ pay.
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