North Carolina lawmakers want to require schools to allow off-campus religious instruction, and defended earmarking $10M for an AI tutoring program its own creator says hasn’t met his expectations.
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A constitutional amendment to limit the amount by which local governments can increase property taxes passed the NC House Finance Committee Tuesday.
Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper is now considered the favorite by top election forecasters to win North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.
The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.
As the Trump administration increases the scale of its immigrant detention program, now up to 68,000 immigrants in custody, reports have surfaced of inhumane conditions and inadequate medical care at ICE detention facilities.
The comparison isn’t exact. The spoils system was associated with the distribution of government jobs to political allies, a practice called patronage. Trump’s new fund would instead deliver taxpayer dollars directly to favored individuals. Yet, academics who have studied the spoils system and the presidency see parallels between the past and present.
NC health officials say there’s no reason for people in North Carolina to worry about an increased risk of contracting Hantavirus.
A federal judge Friday dismissed an indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration.
Senators advanced a bill to ban users 13 and under from “addictive” social media apps, despite concerns over government overreach.