North Carolina

Alabama absentee ballots set to mail around Sept. 9 as USPS rule stays blocked

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Alabama absentee ballots being placed into an official election ballot box slot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama absentee ballots are scheduled to begin mailing for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election around Wednesday, Sept. 9, joining a wave of states already putting ballots into the mailstream while a federal court order blocks mandatory enforcement of a new U.S. Postal Service ballot-mail rule. North Carolina began mailing general-election absentee … Read more

Helene FEMA reform push grows as North Carolina lawmakers seek bipartisan disaster-aid overhaul

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Helene FEMA reform mountain valley road through western North Carolina recovery landscape

RALEIGH, N.C. — Helene FEMA reform is back at the center of a bipartisan House effort on Tuesday as U.S. Reps. Don Davis, a Democrat from Greene County, and Chuck Edwards, a Republican from Henderson County, press colleagues to overhaul how FEMA delivers disaster aid to western North Carolina communities still rebuilding from Hurricane Helene. … Read more