Category Archives: State/Regional

NC joins more than 20 states suing Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding
By BIANCA VZQUEZ TONESS AP Education WriterEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen educati...
Curtis Media Jul 15, 2025

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette launches 2026 gubernatorial bid, touts Trump ties
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has kicked off her bid for governor in 2026, highlighting several years of what she considers pushing outgoing Gov. Henry McMas...
Curtis Media Jul 15, 2025
NC joins more than 20 states suing Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding
By BIANCA VZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding...
Curtis Media Jul 15, 2025

Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
By JENNIFER PELTZ and ALEXANDRIA RODRIGUEZ Associated PressOCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) - Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Satu...
Curtis Media Jul 13, 2025

Swain County sheriff steps down after sexual misconduct charges
BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) - The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has quit before he could be permanently removed.Curtis Cochran, who was fi...
Curtis Media Jul 08, 2025

Swain County sheriff steps down after sexual misconduct charges
BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) - The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has quit before he could be permanently removed. Curtis Cochran, who was f...
Curtis Media Jul 08, 2025

Flooding from Chantal’s remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee their homes in central North Carolina, officials said Monday.The ...
Curtis Media Jul 07, 2025

North Carolina governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI bills and another measure that in part would target ...
Curtis Media Jul 03, 2025

Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in bill sent to Trump
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Supporters of the sweeping tax and spending legislation that Congress has sent to President Donald Trump say the changes to Medicaid, food aid and other programs w...
Curtis Media Jul 03, 2025

How an empty North Carolina rural hospital explains a GOP senator’s vote against Trump’s tax bill
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Though patients don’t rush through the doors of this emergency room anymore, an empty hospital in Williamston, North Carolina, offers ...
Curtis Media Jul 02, 2025
