Four press conferences were held across North Carolina, including in Greenville where people called for a budget proposal that "fully funds our public schools."
The city of Washington held a dedication event Friday where they renamed their waterfront park, Mac “Bear” Hodges Festival Park after the former mayor who died of COVID-19.
The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.
Charlotte, Raleigh and roughly three dozen other cities and towns in North Carolina would shift their municipal elections this fall to early 2022 in legislation advancing in the state Senate.
Senate Bill 300 was proposed by members of the North Carolina State Senate and House of Representatives that would provide mental health assistance resources to members of law enforcement around the state while targeting insubordinate and overly aggressive officers.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
Senate Bill 510 was proposed on April 5, 2021 to require all law enforcement agencies in the state of North Carolina to release any body cam footage as public record after a 48 hour period.
“Currently there’s a six to three conservative majority on the Supreme Court, so appointing four new justices would tilt the ideological balance of the Court,” ECU’s Dr. Peter Francia said.
The North Carolina House Education Committee passed 17 bills that would grant school districts the liberty to shorten the break periods during the school year to help improve this learning loss.
“This bill is controversial,” co-sponsor Rep. Mark Brody (R-Anson, Union) said. “And I expect that those who disagree with this bill will come forward and offer options or potential solutions."
The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office has already received almost as many gun permit applications as all of last year, when the applications were already double what they typically see.
“I would guess that he is issuing these executive orders in large part because he thinks he won’t be able to get legislation through the Senate, and he wants to have an immediate effect," ECU's Dr. Brad Lockerbie said.
“We live in this hyper-polarized time, but we’re not necessarily seeing that many pieces of legislation that are hyper-partisan come out. And one of the reasons for that is filibuster,” Elon University's Jason Husser said.
The senate and house bills would allow churches with private schools to permit concealed carry. Current law allows churches to permit guns, but not if there is a school inside the building.
“You’ve got 14 days to request and it needs to be in by close of business on Election Day,” Sen. Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus, Union) said. “If it’s not, it won’t be counted.”
U.S. officials found no evidence that foreign actors changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process in last November’s presidential election, according to government reports Tuesday affirming the integrity of the contest won by President Joe Biden.
State Senator, Jim Perry was appointed to Co-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Storm Related River Debris and Damage for the 2021/2022 legislative term.
Kimrey Rhinehardt of Pittsboro has started collecting over 83,000 signatures of registered voters she’d need for her name to be on the ballot in fall 2022.
Col. Chris Thomas (R) announced over the weekend he will run for sheriff of Onslow County. Current Sheriff Hans Miller will not seek re-election and will endorse Thomas, instead.
Court papers say Federico Klein was seen wearing a “Make America Great Again" hat amid the throng of people trying to force their way into the Capitol.
The solid start to the three-month special enrollment period indicates a pent-up demand for health insurance as the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark.
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference and a Trump ally, said discussion panels on election integrity would highlight “huge” evidence of illegal voting in Georgia, Nevada and elsewhere that ultimately swung the election for Democrat Joe Biden.
The sweeping proposal from state Sen. Patrick Testin, of Stevens Point, comes after the Dallas Mavericks did not play “The Star-Spangled Banner” before home games earlier this season.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy’s ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate policies anytime soon.
