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Absentee ballots are prepared to be mailed at the Wake County Board of Elections on September 17, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
By Lynn Bonner
State Attorney General Jeff Jackson and other state attorneys general are suing to stop the U.S. Postal Service from controlling who receives absentee ballots.
The lawsuit stems from President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have the US Postal Service block delivery of some absentee ballots.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch tells a group of students to hold out their hand and imagine just how very small Earth looked from space. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Clayton Henkel
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch was honored Wednesday with the Order of the Tar Heel, the highest award bestowed by the North Carolina Commissioner of Labor. Koch, a Jacksonville native and N.C. State University graduate, became the first woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit, and with her crew broke the record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled in space.
By Clayton Henkel
Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Wednesday that Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, will pay North Carolina up to $645 million and make major safety upgrades in a landmark case involving 47 states. Meta will pay unto $17.1 billion to the states in the second-largest state consumer protection settlement in history.
“My wife and I have three kids. We know how hard it is to argue with them about screen time,” Jackson said.”Part of the reason that it’s so hard is because parents are up against technology that has been engineered specifically to capture and hold their child’s attention.”
By Greg Childress
This week, Gov. Josh Stein announced federal awards of more than $69 million to bring affordable rental housing to Western North Carolina. In 2024, the region lost thousands of rentals in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
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Asheville police lose Flock camera access after city council votes to end contract|WLOS.com
Town of Apex sets meeting date for Flock camera review|WRAL.com
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Tressie McMillan Cottom: The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself|New York Times
Patrick McHenry: Who should decide how prediction markets operate in North Carolina?|Raleigh News & Observer
Chris Brennan: Flailing GOP needs a boogeyman for midterms. Enter Islamophobia. |Raleigh News & Observer
Why high defense spending is bad for America |TheHill.com
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