Category Archives: State/Regional
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency dur...
Jan 24, 2025
Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will tak...
Jan 19, 2025
North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's highest court blocked on Tuesday the certification of a November election result for one of its own seats so it can review l...
Jan 07, 2025
First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported - a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health offici...
Jan 06, 2025
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative ra...
Jan 06, 2025
Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
By REBECCA SANTANA and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after th...
Dec 22, 2024
EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency ...
Dec 20, 2024
Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to ...
Dec 20, 2024
More Roy Cooper lieutenants staying on the job in North Carolina Gov.-elect Stein's Cabinet
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Several more top lieutenants of outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have agreed to work for fellow Democrat and successor Josh Stein's ad...
Dec 17, 2024
Next North Carolina governor names 7 Cabinet secretaries, with 2 current department heads
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein announced his choices for a majority of his Cabinet positions Monday before he takes office n...
Dec 17, 2024