Stories tagged: "national"

National Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
National As Republicans Take Control of Congress, Divisions in the Party Erupt

Chaos behind closed doors as Trump-aligned Republicans threaten to undermine the party's agenda.

Associated Press Associated Press January 3, 2023 11:47 am EST
Education Chicago educator Tamisha Holifield spends time with her 2-year-old daughter Rian Holifield at Nichols Park, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. When Holifield and her daughter had COVID-19 in May, the toddler had to miss 15 days of child care. Bouts of colds have followed in what Holifield described as a "constant whirlwind" of sickness that has been stressful both financially and emotionally. "It's a major inconvenience. But I'm a single parent, so I don't have a choice. If I drop the ball, the game is over," Holifield said. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Education Move On From COVID? Child Care Disruptions Continue

A record-high 104,000 people missed work in October because of child care problems, surpassing even early pandemic levels.

Associated Press Associated Press January 3, 2023 11:28 am EST
Economy Canceling student debt is very popular, especially among younger voters, new Courier Newsroom polling shows. (Shutterstock)
Economy Canceling Student Debt Is Very Popular

Voters under 45 support student debt cancellation in overwhelming numbers.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 15, 2022 2:59 pm EDT
Healthcare Activist and entertainer Jon Stewart hugs fellow advocate Susan Zeier of Sandusky, Ohio, just after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., assured veterans and military family members that the Senate will vote on a bill designed to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. All but 11 lawmakers voted to pass the bill this week. N.C.'s Thom Tillis voted against. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Healthcare We Tried to Explain Thom Tillis’ Vote Against Veterans’ Health Care in the PACT Act. It Was Hard.

In a state with more than 13,000 veterans that have been exposed to toxic burn pits, Tillis voted against a bill that he, theoretically, supports.

Jeremy Borden Jeremy Borden August 5, 2022 1:20 pm EDT
Healthcare Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, walk from a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Both GOP senators voted against legislation expanding benefits for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals in service. That includes NC vets exposed to toxic burn pits. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Healthcare U.S. Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Aid Military — Without Tillis and Burr’s Support

North Carolina’s senators were two of only 14 members of the U.S. Senate to vote against advancing a measure aimed at helping members of the military exposed to toxic fumes.

Jeremy Borden Jeremy Borden June 17, 2022 1:45 pm EDT

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NC college students met with President Biden this week to call for gun reforms. (Image via Sen. Natalie Murdock's Twitter) community Good News Friday: NC Students Talk Gun Reform with President Biden
In the latest episode of "Leah Tries," C&P's Leah Sherrell visits a Chilean-inspired food truck in the Triad. (Image via screenshot) Video ‘I Demolished It’: Taste-Testing A Chilean Food Truck in the Triad
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has called abortion “murder,” compared the procedure to slavery, and said that he would support a total abortion ban in North Carolina, without any exceptions. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) Abortion Here’s a Look at Mark Robinson’s Long Anti-Abortion Record
Irvin Casarrubias prepares to perform as part of the Danza Guerreros de Quetzalcoatl de Durham at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 24, 2023. The intergenerational group celebrates traditional Aztec dance and helps to preserve Mexican culture as its members put down roots in the communities they now call home. Casarubbias, now 18, has been dancing since we was five-years-old. community PHOTOS: Traditional Aztec Dancers Put On a Show in Wilmington
Elections Former Vice President Mike Pence in the U.S. Senate on January 6. Thursday's hearings in DC on the Capitol insurrection focused on the danger former President Trump put his vice president in that day. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)
Elections  ‘A Clear and Present Danger to American Democracy’: Five Things We Learned in the Latest Jan. 6 Hearing

Former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to pressure Vice President Mike Pence into overturning the election on Jan. 6.

Staff Reports Staff Reports June 17, 2022 1:26 pm EDT
Education People attend a protest near Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, sponsored by Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, as gun violence survivors and hundreds of gun safety supporters demand that Congress act on gun safety issues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Education A Sliver of Hope on Gun Reform? Here’s What’s in the Bipartisan Gun Bill.

Gun reform has a long way to go before it’s passed. But 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans, including NC’s Burr and Tillis, are working on it behind the scenes.

Jeremy Borden Jeremy Borden June 15, 2022 12:24 pm EDT