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NC Democrats previewed an upcoming rideshare safety bill inspired by the 2025 killing of a Durham Uber driver.

It was the first time Mullin, who was advocating for President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, has appeared before Congress since the Senate confirmed his nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security in March.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday the Trump administration has rescinded its plan to use a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department.

S730 establishes rules for large data center development, like requiring large facilities to conduct noise studies, and allowing local governments to assess impacts on water, air quality, agricultural resources and thermal plumes before approval. 

The new interim rule, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is intended to give states more details on how they’re supposed to verify the work status for about 20 million adults enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance program for people with low incomes.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would fund a statewide AI tutoring program centered on Khan Academy’s Khanmigo platform, even though the firm’s own founder says the program has not yet made the impact he hoped for. 

The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings. Retirement savings, not home equity, is the largest driver of American household wealth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Trump’s fund has sparked resistance from both parties as concerns mounted that Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers could conceivably get reparations by claiming the law was “weaponized” against them for political purposes.

We explore an array of bills being advanced by GOP lawmakers that would impact everything from alcohol sales to tax policy and the state constitution in a two-part chat with NC Newsline government and politics reporter Brandon Kingdollar.

The share of young children in the U.S. under age 6 who were uninsured increased 23% between 2022 and 2024, according to a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.