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Main Street in Seven Springs, a tiny town in Wayne County, sits squarely within harm's way. Sandwiched between a bluff and the Neuse River, the entire town lies within the highest-risk flood zones, according to state and federal maps, and risks being swept away altogether during the next major hurricane. The town would get a…

Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence inundated sculptures at a roadside attraction in Columbus County, N.C. On the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season Monday, a North Carolina House committee approved a bill that would help communities plan for future storms and flooding. House Bill 500 unanimously passed the House Environment Committee. It would spend $200 million to help state and local governments and nonprofits with planning and projects to prevent flooding. It would also include mon...

A bill that will pay unemployed workers to find a job is moving to the state House. A former western North Carolina district attorney is back at work. Faith leaders want more answers in the shooting death of Andrew Brown, Junior.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A top North Carolina House Republican says legislation that would...

The American Jobs Plan is a chance to reimagine nature as infrastructure Tim Male and Christy Plumer, opinion contributors © Getty Images The American Jobs Plan is a chance to reimagine nature as infrastructure As Congress debates making massive investments in Americas aging infrastructure, and the Biden-Harris administration promotes its American Jobs Plan, there is a unique opportunity to drive a paradigm shift in how our nation approaches infrastructure solutions. To add...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In 2010, Congress enacted the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, which essentially directed the Federal Communications Commission to limit the volume of television commercials.   In response to concerns that there has been an increase in consumer complaints about the volume of television commercials, Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo, the author of the CALM Act, wrote to Acting FCC ...

HR 127 The Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act Ammoland Inc. Posted on Second Amendment Activist Protest Activism Take Action United States Congress – -(AmmoLand.com)- One sad reality of some of the most extreme anti-Second Amendment legislation is that it will come back in Congress after Congress as long as its sponsor is still out there. The Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act is one of these bills. This legislation was introduced last year in the 116...

January 14, 2021 In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic taught the world another lesson about the unpredictability of life. Each country responded to the challenges posed by the pandemic in its own way. The German Government in its familiar technocratic and sober approach quickly unlocked massive financial resources to mitigate any immediate economic damage. It supported a further relaxation of the purse strings at EU level and put legislative acts in place that helped manage the uncertainty in the mos...