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Reemployment bonus idea advanced by NC Senate committee

By Gary D. Robertson May. 26, 2021 01:04 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With employers struggling to fill positions as post-pandemic restrictions end, North Carolina state senators advanced a proposal Wednesday...

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Malinowski has scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century pandemic.  But the two term Democrat is not heeding his own admonition. Records show he's bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit

By Brian Slodysko May. 21, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)
Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

By Alan Fram Apr. 03, 2021 10:01 AM EDT

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, on the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds

By Bryan Anderson Apr. 02, 2021 02:38 PM EDT

U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022. (AP Graphic)
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

By Summer Ballentine And Jim Salter Mar. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she'll vote against confirming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Collins' announcement Monday throws Tanden's confirmation further into doubt. On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the first Democratic lawmaker to oppose Tanden’s confirmation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
A look at how Biden's Cabinet nominees fared Tuesday

By Ashraf Khalil Feb. 23, 2021 05:50 PM EST

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
HHS pick says pandemic is top job, but agenda is broader

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Feb. 23, 2021 12:12 AM EST

School testing can be delayed but not canceled, feds say

By Collin Binkley Feb. 22, 2021 08:51 PM EST
The Education Department said Monday that it will not allow states to forgo federally required standardized testing in schools this year but will give them...

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, then-Rep. Dallas Heard speaks to a group of about 90 people during a rally in front of the Douglas County Courthouse in Roseburg, Ore. A state senator who is on the far-right, who has rebelled against coronavirus pandemic restrictions and called more liberal lawmakers "punks" and "fools," was elected chairman of the Oregon Republican Party over the weekend. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)/The News-Review via AP, File)
Far-right lawmaker takes over Oregon GOP in larger US shift

By Andrew Selsky Feb. 22, 2021 04:40 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 08:20 AM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Feb. 16 The Greensboro Record & News and...

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in second impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 14, 2021 12:49 AM EST

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 13, 2021 03:58 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with impeachment managers Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. Senate voted not guilty, to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting riot at U.S. Capitol, ending impeachment trial, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Biden says all Americans must 'defend the truth'

Feb. 13, 2021 10:31 AM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools

By Collin Binkley Feb. 11, 2021 03:47 PM EST

FILE - In this April 1, 2019 file photo, Julie Su, left, secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, listens as California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom speaks at an equal pay for women rally in Sacramento, Calif. President Joe Biden nominated Su as deputy U.S. secretary of labor on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Biden nominates California's Su as deputy labor secretary

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 10, 2021 02:27 PM EST

On the eve of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., one of the Democratic House impeachment managers, is escorted by security through the Rotunda after preparing for the case in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. The trial will begin Tuesday with a debate and vote on whether it's even constitutional to prosecute the former president, an argument that could resonate with Republicans keen on voting to acquit Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
What to watch as Trump's 2nd impeachment trial kicks off

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 09, 2021 12:15 AM EST

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, accompanied by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, and Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., left, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, about plans to reintroduce a resolution to call on President Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden officials considering action on student debt relief

By Collin Binkley Feb. 04, 2021 03:41 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Sen. Mike Woodard, D-Durham, speaks with Sen. Ben Clark, D-Hoke, right, and Sen. Jeff Jackson, D-Mecklenburg in the Senate chamber during the opening session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. Jackson has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Jackson unveiled his bid on Tuesday, Jan, 26, 2021. He's the second Democrat to enter the race to succeed Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who isn’t seeking reelection.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race

By Gary D. Robertson Jan. 26, 2021 11:21 AM EST

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Justice Dept. won't charge Sen. Burr over stock sales

By Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Jan. 19, 2021 08:09 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 01:33 PM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Jan. 11 Winston Salem-Journal and The...