2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (138+ words) A new North Carolina law is changing how the state handles involuntary mental health commitments, expanding treatment options and requiring state agencies to develop new behavioral health programs to keep people connected to care l… Ocean City residents raise alarm…...

5+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (716+ words) Last weekend, Reverend Bankole Akinbinu of Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh led 300 congregants in a prayer for affordable housing. “We pray now, God, for the most vulnerable amongst us that are represented in this county and some even in this…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (429+ words) WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered an ultimatum to North Carolina on Thursday following an audit revealing that over half of the commercial trucking licenses issued by the state to foreign drivers were granted illegally. “I’m calling on state…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (29+ words) Review of North Carolina’s nondomiciled commercial driver’s licenses shows 54% were illegally issued. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis sets up withholding of $50 million in......

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) CHARLOTTE — North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren’t qualified to hold them, the U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says 54% of North…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (564+ words) From the onset, Gov. Gavin Newsom and supporters of California’s mid-cycle redistricting plan have called it a “response” to Republicans. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, not too long after California’s redistricting rally, signed into law new congressional maps for his state,…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (100+ words) North Carolina Republicans are now pushing to redistrict areas of the state ahead of next year’s midterm elections. One of the most vulnerable areas is here in the 1st Congressional District, which was narrowly won by Democratic Congressman Don Davis in…...

11+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (481+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — North Carolina has become the latest battleground in the national fight over congressional maps, as the state's Republican-controlled legislature announced plans on Monday to redraw its districts with the goal of gaining a Republican-held seat. The move is…...

11+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (304+ words) GOP statehouse leaders said they're heeding Trump's call to "fight back." North Carolina's GOP statehouse leaders say the legislature will meet next week to consider redrawing the state's congressional districts, saying they want to bolster President Donald Trump as the…...

11+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (402+ words) Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina plan to consider a new congressional map next week, amid pressure from President Donald Trump to bolster the GOP’s chances of maintaining its House majority next year. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from…...