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The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.  (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON —...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol as lawmakers work on the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" on...

Image: Adobe StockThe North Carolina House voted Wednesday to approve two Republican-backed Senate bills that would restrict diversity, equi...

Democratic Senator Sophia Chitlik addressed a bill that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in state government. (Screengr...

The North Carolina Legislative Building (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)In the absence of a comprehensive budget, the North Carolina Hou...

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her c...

A sign displayed by U.S. Senate Democrats at a Washington, DC press conference on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)...

Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision ended federal abortion rights, women around the country have faced criminal charge...

A sign displayed by U.S. Senate Democrats at a Washington, DC press conference on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)...

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell), left, and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) speak ahead of Gov. Jos...

NC State Board of Elections chair Francis DeLuca consults with board member Bob Rucho on May 9, 2025 (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)North C...

The Wake County Justice Center building (Photo: nccourts.org)A Wake County court found a requirement that the North Carolina governor fill v...

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) speaks to reporters after a vote on the state budget on May 21, 2025. (Photo: Galen Ba...

The North Carolina Legislative Building (Photo: Clayton Henkel) Two North Carolina House committees on Tuesday advanced a pair of bills that...

The U.S. Capitol pictured on March 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) A group of educators and health...

Sen. Buck Newton --seen here in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting last week -- has reworked a House Bill intended to protect people from...

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana speaks to reporters about the Republican budget reconciliation package at a weekly press conference...

Advocates and businesses of the shrimping and seafood industry gathered at the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a proposed ban...

From left to right, Democratic state Attorneys General Kwame Raoul of Illinois, Andrea Campbell of Massachusetts, Keith Ellison of Minnesota...

North Fork Reservoir provides 80 percent of Asheville’s water. After Helene washed out the two main transmission lines from North Fork and a...

At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, on April 14, 2012, SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards fo...

Patients have their blood pressure checked and other vitals taken at a mobile dental and medical clinic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Image...

The North Carolina Legislative Building (Photo: Clayton Henkel) The temperature soared to the century mark in Raleigh on Monday, tying the r...

Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell). (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)With no new state budget in sight, a key Senate committee approved a bill...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors sort debris pulled from the bottom of Lake Lure in Rutherford County, North Carolina on April 14, 2...