Category Archives: State/Regional
Some North Carolina Democratic lawmakers break from party to pass Republican priorities
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Tuesday overrode several vetoes by Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, getting just enough...
Jul 29, 2025
Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in t...
Jul 29, 2025
Former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will run for Senate in 2026
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, giving Democrats a proven statewide winner in an o...
Jul 28, 2025
Renaming of military bases stirs debate over Confederate ties
By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated PressIn 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases’ names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders.Now, those sam...
Jul 26, 2025
Renaming of military bases stirs debate over Confederate ties
By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases' names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same ba...
Jul 26, 2025
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending weeks of u...
Jul 25, 2025
Parts of the Appalachian Trail are still damaged after Helene. Volunteers are fixing it by hand
By ERIK VERDUZCO and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) - In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on i...
Jul 25, 2025
Prodded by lawsuits, North Carolina seeks to tighten voter ID records for roughly 200,000 people
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials on Thursday launched an online database of voter registration records for 103,000 people who need to add the...
Jul 17, 2025
Severe weather in tropical storm’s wake triggers North Carolina state of emergency
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina can seek federal funding to help its overloaded response efforts to Tropical Storm Chantal, which killed at least six people...
Jul 17, 2025
North Carolina governor doesn’t appeal ruling on who gets say over highway patrol commander
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Josh Stein decided Wednesday against appealing a trial court ruling that did not go in his favor last mon...
Jul 17, 2025