The North Carolina General Assembly is returning to regular business six months after it wrapped up a landmark session in 2023. The House and Senate planned to gavel in daily floor meetings at midday Wednesday. The last time most legislators were together in Raleigh was in late October, when…
An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses. Tennessee became the latest state to act this week as the Republican governor signed a law prohibiting banks from considering a customer's participation in DEI training.…
The Senate tonight passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden along with a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S.
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Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds. If Republican Gov. Bill Lee signs the bill into law, it would be the biggest expansion of gun access in the state since last year's deadly shooting at a…
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, to begin an 11-day denominational General Conference. Typically it is held every four years, but church leaders delayed the 2020 gathering until now due to the pandemic. Hundreds of delegates will vote on poli…
A bill designed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in Tennessee public school classrooms has been spiked after failing to attract enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate. The proposal had easily cleared the similarly Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill’s sponsor said …
A bill designed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in Tennessee public school classrooms has been spiked after failing to attract enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate. The proposal had easily cleared the similarly Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill’s sponsor said he had parents complain about “political flags” in classrooms. However, the proposal dragged in the Senate as lawmakers debated possible changes and delayed debating the measure up until the final week of this year’s legislative session.
The North Carolina General Assembly starts its annual work session with a little extra money to spend and limited pressing issues to address. Republicans leading the House and Senate are talking about the traditionally “short” session that starts Wednesday with a goal of finishing by early summer. The legislature’s chief duty in even-numbered years is to adjust the second year of the two-year government operating budget that’s already enacted. That could include looking at how to fund more private-school scholarships after an application boom. Legislation forcing local sheriffs to assist with federal immigration enforcement also could reach Democratic Gov. Cooper's desk. Republicans hold narrow veto-proof majorities.
Alabama lawmakers have voted to withhold economic incentive dollars from companies that voluntarily recognize a union without holding a secret ballot election. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-30 on Tuesday for the Senate-passed bill after adding minor amendments. The bill now returns to the Alabama Senate to consider House changes. The legislation would impact future incentive packages. It comes as several Southern governors have oppose a unionization push at auto manufacturers.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed similar legislation on Monday. Tennessee has a similar law in place.
U.S. colleges are preparing for commencement ceremonies with the challenge of providing safety for graduates while honoring the free speech rights of those involved in protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
A North Carolina man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Tuesday that he didn’t intend to hurt anybody that day. But the judge noted that Gietzen hasn't expressed any remorse for his actions. After a jury convicted Gietzen of eight counts, he disregarded a court order to report to prison last October while awaiting sentencing. He was arrested at his mother's home last December.
Police say a man accused of firing a gun during an argument on a North Carolina university campus has been taken in custody. Police say the man is in his 70s and got into an argument with another person Tuesday outside a campus student center. Law enforcement say no one was reported injured after the suspect fired off four rounds. The suspect was taken into custody to be questioned by investigators. He has not been charged. The other person in the argument was also interviewed.
The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
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The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
A judge may soon decide whether to try a case against a Blountville, Tennessee, woman charged in the death of her child in Sullivan County or elsewhere.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's departure could clear Rep. Abigail Spanberger's path to the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025. Stoney will face competition for the party's lieutenant governor nomination.
Tax collections so far are up dramatically, which could open a path to a budget compromise in a May special session that does not include a tax increase.
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The Sullivan County Commission gave the county school system the green light on Thursday to move forward on several capital improvement projects, including a new access road at West Ridge High School and football field lighting at Sullivan East High School.