Raleigh, N.C. - The state’s seasonally adjusted December 2024 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from November’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.1 percent.
Pastor C.J. Brinson takes on how President Donald Trump and his supporters have used religion in the president’s first days in office.
RALEIGH — As the North Carolina General Assembly begins its 2025 session, lawmakers have many pressing issues to tackle.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Menelik Tefari Nesanet pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Brittney Gamez-Farjat in 2022. He will serve between 13 years and 16 years and 9 months in prison.
Washington, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has named Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) to serve on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, filling the seat previously held by now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has received the following subcommittee assignments for the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for the 119th Congress:
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has reintroduced the Protect Our Law Enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement (POLICE) Act of 2025.
The NC Supreme Court dismissed one of Judge Jefferson Griffin’s attempts to challenge the votes of North Carolina’s voters and rewrite his electoral loss to Justice Allison Riggs.
Raleigh, N.C. – Justice Allison Riggs issued the following statement on the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision from January 22 dismissing Jefferson Griffin’s request for a writ of prohibition and sending his challenges of more than 65,000 eligible North Carolina voters back to Wake County Superior Court.
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall unveiled committee chairs for the 2025-2026 legislative session. Committee memberships and vice-chairmanships will be announced in the near future.
In Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin’s petition to have the state Supreme Court throw out votes, he asks that they look first to a collection of ballots cast in four overwhelmingly Democratic counties.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 18 attorneys general challenged a new executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The order, beginning 30 days after signature, would strip children born in the United States of their guaranteed constitutional rights and their ability to fully and fairly be American citizens.
