RALEIGH — Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee grilled Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden during a hearing on public safety in Charlotte on Monday. The hearing lasted nearly six hours minus an hour lunch […]
RALEIGH — An article by Fox News questions if Decarlos Brown Jr. was released under former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-era prisoner release lawsuit settlement. At the time, the settlement was described as one of the […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford) was charged with multiple sex crimes last Wednesday, according to Guilford County jail records. Brockman is charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a […]
RALEIGH — Bill passage ramped up last week ahead of the upcoming May 8 crossover deadline, whereby bills need to be passed by at least one chamber to be considered for enactment by the legislature. […]
RALEIGH — The House has passed a bill that will increase criminal penalties for threatening elected or appointed state officials. House Bill 95 elevates punishment for assaulting state officials from a Class I felony to […]
RALEIGH — Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, delivered remarks at a campaign stop at Raleigh’s Union Station on Wednesday. NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons opened the event by urging everyone […]
RALEIGH — Roy Cooper issued the 96th veto of his two terms as governor on a bill modifying the state’s “Raise the Age” law. House Bill 834 modified the law by altering the definition of […]
RALEIGH —Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced March 14 he had signed an executive order establishing the Office of Violence Prevention to be located in the N.C. Department of Public Safety. The announcement was made during […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation’s biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control of the Virginia Legislature. Governors’ mansions […]
The shooting deaths of two Connecticut officers and wounding of a third punctuated an especially violent week for police across the U.S. and fit into a grim pattern: Even as more officers left their jobs […]
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