New bill would create a work group to study moving control of K-12 funding from the DPI to the State Education Assistance Authority.

The U.S. House Thursday rejected a proposal to rein in President Donald Trump’s months-long military actions in Iran that have left more than a dozen U.S. military members dead, while killing thousands of civilians and displacing millions in the Middle East, according to third-party monitors.

H1159 teaches teens who are in grades nine through 12 how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of a mental health crisis or substance use among their friends. Experts say teens are often more likely to open up to their friends than an adult.

Large, immigrant-rich cities saw their populations shrink between mid-2024 and mid-2025 after nation-leading increases the year before. In their place, midsized cities led in population growth in the latest U.S. Census data.

An N.C. Senate bill seeks to reduce adult care home inspections. Bill sponsor Sen. Jim Burgin says the bill grew from talks with home operators.

Current state law requires only repeat and severe offenders to use the devices. A bill with bipartisan support would expand that.

The “Real Tickets, Real Fans Act” would tighten regulations on second- and third-party sellers, targeting price gouging and fraudulent concert tickets. 

CDC officials are working with local and state public health officials to ensure anyone who may have been exposed outside of the cruise ship isolates at home and monitors themselves for symptoms. Officials declined to say how many people are being monitored for possible exposure or where they are located in the country, citing privacy concerns.

The House Finance Committee gave its approval to a bill to close an affordable property tax loophole for affordable housing.

Venturella worked at DHS during the Obama administration. He has also worked for the private prison company GEO, which earns billions in government contracts to detain immigrants across the country. He retired from GEO in 2023 after serving as the vice president of client relations.