Senators Thom Tillis and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently introduced the bipartisan Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2023. The legislation would require the U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to create immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum to address key issues raised by law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 54 attorneys general urging Congress to consider the ways artificial intelligence (AI) may harm children. Specifically, AI can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material.
Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Eric Boyette is retiring from state government after 27 years of service. Governor Cooper has appointed Joseph R. “Joey” Hopkins, current NCDOT Chief Operating Officer, to succeed him beginning October 1.
Gaming Laboratories International, a leader in testing and certification in the gaming industry, will assist with sports betting regulation in North Carolina.
Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes.
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) welcomed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy to North Carolina to visit critical research and life sciences programs that are working to advance groundbreaking technologies and educate the next generation of STEM leaders to meet our nation’s changing workforce needs.
When Congress heads back to session post-August recess, they have a busy legislative agenda which includes funding the government to avoid a shutdown, passing the National Defense Authorization Act, the Farm Bill, and a whole host of other legislative priorities.
North Carolina’s public school students could use some help. From thirty years of the still-ongoing Leandro court case, we know that our school funding is inadequate. Our state’s school funding effort – the amount we spend relative to the size of our economy – ranks dead last in the country.
I’m glad some members of Congress are finally looking into the harmful effects Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have on patients, especially when it comes to the out-of-pocket costs that come along with many prescription drugs and treatments.
Raleigh, N.C. - The state’s seasonally adjusted July 2023 unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, unchanged from June’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 percent.
Congressman Greg Murphy issued the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan which triggered a chain of events that led to the death of 13 brave American service members and the loss of billions in U.S. military equipment:
Senate Democratic Leader Dan Blue and House Democratic Leader Robert Reives released the following joint statement regarding the Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 747:
