Wake Forest will hold a public hearing next Tuesday on the proposed FY2026‑27 budget that keeps taxes steady but adds staff and trims a downtown levy.

President Trump publicly named Robert Karem and demanded he be fired after footage showed the aide steadying Sen. Mitch McConnell during a Pentagon hearing. The exchange quickly circulated online and escalated GOP friction.

Speaker Cameron Sexton removed multiple Tennessee Democrats from all House committees on Tuesday, a move Democrats call retaliation and that raises legal questions.

State lawmakers and Raleigh venues are backing S.B. 849, a bill that would ban bots and speculative listings and force clearer links and price disclosures for resold tickets.

Landlords in Manhattan are invoking 'demolition' to refuse lease renewals under the state's Good Cause law, triggering housing‑court fights over whether gut rehabs count as demolition.

AB 2700 would ask the CPUC to recommend a 30% cut in per‑kWh rates by 2028 and to identify unpaid restitution for wildfire victims of pre‑2019 fires. Survivors joined lawmakers in Sacramento as the bill moved to Appropriations.

A state-funded effort to deliver free solar and batteries to low‑income Californians has stalled, leaving installations unpaid and families waiting for promised backup power.

Haltom City expanded sex‑offender residency buffers to 2,000 feet, modernized food‑truck rules and updated youth recreation standards at Monday's council meeting.

Internal Army documents show a $4–$6 billion gap that has forced course cancellations, reduced flight hours and budget cuts across major units. Commanders warn of readiness impacts.

The Navy is preparing USS Makin Island for a possible Middle East deployment as other San Diego warships shift toward the region.

A Baton Rouge judge cleared Directive 257, allowing Louisiana to require PBMs to pay NADAC plus $9 per 30‑day fill — a win local pharmacists say could stabilize small drugstores.

Hundreds rallied at the State Capitol urging lawmakers to pass a winter eviction moratorium, statewide right to counsel and the Clean Hands Act to curb evictions.

Attorney General Dave Yost told Lucas County treasurers to base investments on risk and return, not politics, complicating a local push to avoid reinvesting a $5M Israel bond.