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Georgia voters head back to the polls for the state's U.S. Senate runoff election

4:46pm December 06, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Voters in Georgia head to the polls again for the second time in less than a month to make a final decision in the state's U.S. Senate runoff election.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17, 2022.

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Jan. 6 committee is likely to make criminal referrals related to Capitol attack

4:27pm December 06, 2022

Chair Bennie Thompson said members haven't decided how many referrals to issue. "We have not made a decision as to who," he said, "but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen."

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Changing city council meeting time will cut citizen participation, advocates say

2:18pm December 06, 2022

by April Laissle

Winston-Salem City Council delayed a vote to change its regular meeting time after pushback from community members on Monday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., applauds U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 failures 'largely' fixed but extremism threat persists

12:51pm December 06, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

USCP Chief Tom Manger says problems that led to the Capitol riot have been addressed, and he is focusing on expanding field offices to be better prepared for rising threats to congressional members.

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A congressional report found financial technology companies, or fintechs, largely fueled PPP loan fraud. Bluevine, a fintech noted in the report, told NPR it adapted to threats of fraud better than other companies mentioned.

A congressional report says financial technology companies fueled rampant PPP fraud

11:53am December 06, 2022

Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to financial technology companies, according to a new report.

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Reives picked by NC House Democrats to stay minority leader

5:29pm December 05, 2022

by Associated Press

North Carolina state Rep. Robert Reives of Chatham County was picked on Monday by fellow Democrats to remain the party's state House leader for the next two years.

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Georgia's U.S. Senate race pits the Black church against white Christian nationalism

4:25pm December 05, 2022

by Sandhya Dirks

Georgia's next U.S. Senator will be the incumbent or a former NFL player. Both men are Black. The race pits the Black church's legacy of social justice against the white conservative evangelical vote.

People wait at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at Atlantic Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on December 18, 2019.

REAL ID enforcement is delayed again to 2025

4:10pm December 05, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The original deadline for the Transportation Security Administration and other federal agencies to only accept REAL ID-compliant cards was back in 2008.

Guilford County seeks proposals to address juvenile crime prevention

3:58pm December 05, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

Guilford County is looking to fund programs that serve at-risk youth.

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13 election protests were filed in NC after the midterms

1:31pm December 05, 2022

by April Laissle

Forsyth County’s recent election protest was one of 13 filed statewide after the midterms this year. Each complaint alleges some kind of irregularity or misconduct.