State and local government news
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t have the authority to regulate federal facilities. But states counter […]
An email sent to Kennedy Center staff from the executive director said that the building will be closed for the next seven days.
An email sent to Kennedy Center staff from the executive director said that the building will be closed for the next seven days.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has returned control of child welfare services to Bertie County, a little more than a year after taking over the county’s operations. The post NC ends Bertie County child welfare takeover after a year appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has identified the likely source of a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba that killed a teenager late last month.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, that state legislators had the authority to move elections board appointments from the governor to State Auditor Dave Boliek. The post Appeals Court upholds transfer of NC elections appointments to Boliek appeared first on Carolina Journal.
A rezoning request for a planned church outside Chapel Hill is now a federal case, with religious-freedom groups and the U.S. Department of Justice weighing in.
The Rock Hill Police Department is investigating a shooting incident at a Rock Hill residence.
Governor Josh Stein announced on Monday the incentive to track down those responsible for killing four people during a Juneteenth celebration on Beatties Ford Road.
One of the big problems confronting law enforcement departments in these politically charged times is the simple failure to communicate. And one of the main sources of this problem according to former Chapel Chief of Police Chris Blue is that law enforcement agencies often aren’t doing enough to affirmatively earn the trust of the communities […]
States, cities and counties filed a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging new federal rules that will allow immigrants’ use of safety net resources to be taken into account for green cards and other applications to stay in or enter the country. The new federal policy goes into effect Friday and broadens the discretion of immigration […]
A South Carolina man is behind bars without bond after police say he targeted teenage girls inside a local department store.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board has moved from one problem to the next. Now, the board has decided that a change in leadership is necessary.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says the suspect in this case has been identified as 49-year-old Sean Dell. He's been charged with first-degree murder.
President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence. He says he's worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology.
Workers from El Salvador were set to lose Temporary Protected Status, but the Trump administration said it would decide their fate later.
A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat that endangered species depend on to survive. Under President Donald Trump, federal agencies have […]
By Will Atwater Key Takeaways: After serving five years in the Marine Corps and another 10 as a Department of Defense contractor, Robert Elliott found the transition away from military life difficult. The jobs he took did not last, he said, and neither did his first attempt at college. Elliott was at a low point. […] The post Veterans find purpose on the farm appeared first on North Carolina Health News.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to overhaul the U.S. census to exclude noncitizens who don’t have a green card from the country’s next population count in 2030, according to a Wednesday notice in the Federal Register. The document, which will officially be published Thursday, could mean major changes for how millions in federal funding […]
WASHINGTON — Temporary protected status for 170,000 Salvadorans is set to expire at midnight Wednesday, but the Department of Homeland Security said protections will remain in place until the Trump administration makes a decision to extend or terminate El Salvador’s designation, in place since 2001. “An announcement on El Salvador’s TPS will be made at […]