U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” the South Carolina Republican’s office announced early Sunday.

The agency said Haitians with TPS will have valid work authorization until July 24, while nationals of Burma, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen with TPS will have it until July 17.

Blue Cross will be back as the the N.C. State Employee Health Plan’s third party administrator in 2028. Plan trustees had dumped Blue Cross for the current administrator, Aetna, in 2023.

After enjoying the coveted title of “Top State for Business” in 2025, North Carolina slipped to the No. 2 position in CNBC’s 2026 “America’s Top States for Business” ranking.

The election commission would not alter the national voter registration form as Trump wanted so that it would include proof of citizenship. Trump issued an executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voters, but a federal judge blocked the effort, saying states and Congress had that authority.

The actions leave him with an empty desk before lawmakers return to Raleigh at the end of the month.

The White House initially said Trump supported the bill, and scheduled an unusually prominent signing ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in late June. But the president changed course just hours before he was scheduled to sign the bill and canceled the event. He has since dismissed the housing measure as unimportant compared to the SAVE America Act.

Families of disabled kids struggle to find childcare options that accommodate their children, often facing long waitlists, exorbitant costs, and untrained staff.

State Superintendent Mo Green says the N.C. Department of Public Instruction plans to issue guidance to help schools implement the state’s new DEI law.

Recent scattered showers were a welcome relief for central North Carolina this week, but a newly released report from the U.S. Drought Monitor finds much of the state remains mired in a seemingly endless drought