Michelle L. Price & Rebecca Santana/The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response. Trump, who said he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place, […]
Anna Claire Vollers/NC Newsline State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance program, according to a new analysis. Researchers from RAND Health, a policy and research nonprofit, analyzed state and federal […]
CNN Newsource & WRAL News A Raleigh firefighter and Marine veteran is facing charges after he was forcibly removed from a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Cell phone video shows 44-year-old Brian McGinnis, a Green Party Senate candidate, yelling, “No one wants to fight for Israel,” as police […]
Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog David Moritz’s campaign for Asheville City Council ended with a loss in Tuesday’s primary, but he hopes his message about the root cause of the city’s yawning budget gap – bloated staffing – will linger. Five years ago, employee pay and benefits consumed $100.7 million, or 54.5 percent of the city of […]
Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News Last week, for the first time since 2017, the UNC Board of Governors voted to allow individual campuses to raise tuition. Supporters of that vote argued that the increased revenue will help address years of deferred maintenance, inflation, and ongoing budgetary pressures from the state and federal government. Art Pope was the […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Ron Ross, 70, has spent decades in Charlotte’s Historic West End watching traffic thicken on nearby I‑77 and working alongside his neighbors to fight for cleaner air and a healthier future — one that includes electric cars. Now Ross and his neighbors are battling a North Carolina Department of Transportation plan […]
Judith Retana/WNCN A CBS 17 viewer reached out to our What’s Driving You Crazy line with concerns that some of Raleigh’s streets have needed repairs for years. Whether it is the heavily traveled Lassiter Mill Road south of North Hills or cul-de-sac neighborhoods, it can be rough riding around the city. Some of the city’s […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio Stokes County voters resoundingly rejected both incumbent commissioners in Tuesday’s Republican primary. The vote came nearly two months after the board’s controversial approval of a massive data center in Walnut Cove. Rick Morris, who voted in favor of the proposal, came in last place in the eight-way contest. WFDD spoke with several […]
Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio The weather is getting warmer with just a few weeks to go until spring. That means Charlotte’s airport will be getting busier as the travel season picks up. And Charlotte’s largest carrier — American — is in the midst of negotiating a new lease with the airport. For more, Ashley Fahey of […]
Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer Haywood County Schools missed 10 days this winter for inclement weather, but only one of those was technically a snow day. The rest were all remote learning days — meaning students were given assignments to do a to at home so the day would still count as an “instructional day.” While […]
Danielle Battaglia/The Raleigh News & Observer Former Gov. Roy Cooper held his first event Wednesday morning after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and spoke on how he plans to spend his time in Congress lowering costs for average North Carolinians. “I knew that I needed to run for this Senate seat because Washington, […]
Nick Fogleman/Watauga Democrat The Boone Town Council was briefed on a $538,000 pension liability triggered by a recent staff retirement, with officials warning that similar costs could arise when other longtime employees retire. The notice, called a “contribution-based cap liability,” stems from how the North Carolina retirement system calculates benefits. Under the system, employees and […]
Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online Coastal Resources Commission members last week held off on addressing oceanfront septic tank system rules in order to give environmental and health officials the opportunity to collaborate on the process. During the commission’s Feb. 26 meeting in Atlantic Beach, staff with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden held onto a narrow lead in his race for a third term in Tuesday’s Mecklenburg County Democratic primary, beating out three challengers to retain his office. McFadden pulled off his reelection despite facing significant headwinds. During his time in office, McFadden has faced numerous controversies, including an […]
Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Former U.S. congressman and state senator Wiley Nickel has clinched the role of Wake County District Attorney. With all precincts reporting, Nickel had secured 49% of the vote in the three-candidate race. Nickel is perhaps the best-known candidate in the Democratic bid to replace Lorrin Freeman, who has served as district attorney […]
