Category Archives: State/Regional
Sen. Thom Tillis in stepping aside goes the way of other Republicans who have challenged Trump
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) - Flake. Corker. Romney.And now, Sen. Thom Tillis.The roll call of Republican senators in the U.S. Congress who have called it quits, rath...
Jun 30, 2025
Senate Republicans advance Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race ...
Jun 28, 2025
Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding
HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) - Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross ...
Jun 27, 2025
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider R...
Jun 26, 2025
North Carolina judges issue mixed ruling on governor’s appointment powers
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina trial judges issued a mixed ruling Tuesday for Democratic Gov. Josh Stein and Republican legislative leaders in Stein’s l...
Jun 25, 2025
Pilot killed in small plane crash in North Carolina raised a wheel to avoid a turtle, NTSB says
MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a Nation...
Jun 20, 2025
North Carolina Green Party retains official status despite failing vote thresholds
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Green Party will remain an official party in North Carolina, able to field candidates statewide through the 2028 elections, even though their 2024 nominees for governor and pr...
Jun 20, 2025
North Carolina Gov. Stein vetoes his first bills. They are on concealed carry and immigration
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed his first bills on Friday, blocking for now Republican legislation that would let adults carry concealed handguns without a p...
Jun 20, 2025
North Carolina lawmakers finalize bill that would scrap 2030 carbon reduction goal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina legislators finalized a bill Thursday that would eliminate an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate set in a landmark 2021 law, while still directing r...
Jun 19, 2025
North Carolina judges side with GOP lawmakers for who gets say on highway patrol commander
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A panel of North Carolina judges dismissed one of Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s cases against Republican legislative leaders Monday, upholding part of a power-shifting law th...
Jun 16, 2025