A state commission's report and a federal complaint tied to Concord‑Carlisle have reignited a debate over definitions, curricula and student safety.

Sen. Jon Ossoff and DA Fani Willis used Big Bethel's pulpit to warn about threats to voting rights and urged Georgians to organize ahead of 2026.

City officials halted $12,500 consolation payments to more than 150 North Side grant applicants after reporting flagged questionable awards.

Social Circle leaders and neighbors have mobilized after news that DHS may convert a million‑plus warehouse into an ICE detention hub, raising infrastructure and legal fights. Local officials are demanding transparency and several counties have already moved to block similar projects.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a certificate creating a Coney Island BID with up to $1M to fund sanitation, landscaping and merchant support along Surf and Mermaid avenues. The district aims to be up and running before the 2026 summer season.

Tampa Bay honors residents for water-efficient landscapes amid drought and launches a new Florida-Friendly Landscaping program to encourage sustainable practices.

Port Huron's council moved nonresidents to the end of public comment, prompting protests and constitutional questions.

Two Memphis lawmakers filed HB2041/SB1993 to bar private livestreaming of evictions without consent and to create a $25,000 minimum civil remedy for violations.

Rival GOP campaigns say Mike Minogue’s campaign payments to the state party bought influential discretionary delegates; Minogue’s team says the money covered convention fees.

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of South Knoxville, famed for saying “We are all Jews here,” is set to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously after congressional action. The award follows a decades‑long push by his family and veterans.

The Gastonia Police Department thanked Congressman Tim Moore for securing a $629,000 federal grant for Rapid DNA technology, which will expedite local law enforcement investigations.

Kennedy told 60 Minutes he will act on a citizens petition to re‑evaluate GRAS ingredients in ultraprocessed foods, but he stopped short of promising new federal rules.

Sen. Mazie Hirono joined a group of senators in a letter demanding federal agencies explain and pause enforcement actions aimed at immigrant children, and gave agencies until Feb. 26 to produce records. Lawmakers pointed to rising detention times and new data‑sharing and wellness‑check practices as proof of a troubling shift.