Galen Bacharier

North Carolina’s emergency management chief says the state has “significant concerns” with planned changes to Public Assistance program.

The program, part of the state's Renew NC effort to rebuild homes in western North Carolina, was set to stop accepting applicants on Dec. 31. Now households will have until Jan. 31 to apply, Gov. Josh Stein's office said.

“To our family, he was a loving husband, dad, and granddad whose kindness and steady hand shaped our lives in immeasurable ways,” she continued. “We

Leo Sharp and Tessa Reed's riverfront home — and livelihood — were devastated by Hurricane Helene. They've turned to a patchwork of community aid as they put the pieces back together.

FEMA buyout applications still pending in Washington State officials began submitting applications for a key FEMA property buyout program in early February 2025.

Galen Bacharier | NC Newsline In June, North Carolina launched its long-awaited program to rebuild single-family homes damaged by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

TV pastor Jim Bakker and his church in southwest Missouri paid the state $156,000 after settling a lawsuit involving a false COVID-19 cure on their show, the Missouri attorney general's office announced Wednesday.

House appropriators moved the first two of twelve spending bills for fiscal 2027 through the full committee this week.

Online prediction markets’ skyrocketing popularity has led to scrutiny of potential insider trading, early moves from regulators and industry to establish guardrails, and now debates on Capitol Hill.

The crypto industry, after pouring millions of dollars into recent lobbying and political mobilization campaigns, faces a crucial test of its influence apparatus this week.