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Congresswoman Deborah Ross said Republican leaders transformed what is usually a bipartisan defense measure by adding the SAVE America Act, which would impose stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration. House Republican leaders also declined to allow a floor vote on a bipartisan amendment she co-sponsored to revise the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022; Ross said the proposal would help toxic-water claimants receive fairer and faster judicial review.
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Local case numbers show that Pitt County and Craven County have each confirmed four cases of the illness, while Onslow County has reported two. -
City leaders considering assigning dedicated police officers to Kinston Housing Authority propertiesThe city council is reviewing a proposal to seek funding through the Department of Justice's COPS Hiring Program. -
House Republicans on Tuesday decided against holding a vote on controversial legislation that would ban most hemp and THC products. -
Duke Energy announces $2.6B in profits as state regulators deliberate on utility’s rate hike requestDuke Energy earned $2.6 billion in the first half of the year, up almost 12% from a year ago. Tuesday’s earnings call comes weeks after Duke Energy Carolinas partially backed off its rate-hike request and slashed its return-on-equity demand. -
City of Greensboro officials are discussing a teen curfew in response to youth violence over the past year. -
The court found the company charged veterans steep fees to prepare and file disability claims despite lacking mandatory federal accreditation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Federal law strictly bars unaccredited entities from charging veterans for help navigating benefits. -
It’s the business magazine’s first-ever ranking of historically Black colleges and universities. -
Officials say a properly timed, non-lethal shock is the most effective tool to secure coastal beehives, chicken coops, and household trash containers. -
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. -
The congressman sent the staffers “lavish” gifts, invited them to “intimate dinners and vacations” and sent them notes about his “effusive affection” for them, according to the panel. -
New data shows that trauma, loss of housing, and interruption to opioid treatment services all have lasting tragic impacts.
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