Federal Immigration Enforcement
Feds target Crescent City for immigration raids
Asheville, N.C. hospital just out of immediate jeopardy could face Medicare termination
Ben Ledbetter
Ben Ledbetter, MPA, is a former journalist. Down Ballot covers local and state news in the U.S.
Charlotte
Programs attempt to address the teacher shortage. Are they enough?
Astrid Ramirez Guerrero (Queens University News Service) October 16, 2025 Programs attempt to address the teacher shortage. Are they enough? - Queens University News ServiceSchools across Charlotte continue to experience teacher shortages while the demands of the job become increasingly difficult to manage. Local educators point to low pay, heavy
Fuquay-Varina
UPDATE: NCDEQ to extend comment period for Fuquay-Varina Interbasin Transfer Certificate request
Dec. 9 Raleigh hearing will also be accessible via livestream and comment period has been extended until April 1, 2026; Spartanburg City Council to meet Monday, Nov. 24, 2025
Federal Immigration Raids in North Carolina
Federal Immigration Raids Occur in N.C.
S.C. Senate's abortion bill fails in a subcommittee meeting
Federal Immigration Enforcement
S.C. Senate subcommittee meeting on Tues. Nov. 18 to discuss Senate Bill 323
Mecklenburg Co. officials issue joint statement on federal immigration enforcement activities in Charlotte
Upstate South Carolina
BRIEFS: Palmetto State measles cases at 47
SC Department of Public Health will have mobile units in Landrum, in northern Spartanburg County on Monday, Nov. 17 and Tuesday, Nov. 18; Brunswick County to oppose Fuquay-Varina’s interbasin transfer
Mission Hospital
Asheville hospital out of immediate jeopardy; Analyzing the voting data in NYC and Va.
Wisconsin Worker’s comp bill with first raise in a decade for permanently disabled up for public hearing; Simple, short-term solutions to Asheville’s Black population decline are difficult to find, implement
North Carolina
N.C. DEQ to hold public hearings on Transco and Fuquay-Varina's Interbasin Transfer request
Fuquay-Varina's current water supply is projected to fall short of future demands by 2030
South Carolina
Spartanburg councils to meet in next two weeks
Spartanburg City to meet Monday, Nov. 10 and Spartanburg County to meet Monday, Nov. 17; Municipal runoffs scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 18
Virginia governor's race
Spanberger to become Virginia’s first woman governor
Many across the country still awaiting SNAP benefits
SNAP lapse
States react to SNAP decision; Parents accuse Bonnabel High (in Jefferson Parish, La.) employees of hitting, humiliating special education student
No progress for poor areas despite years of NC tier system designed to spark growth; Family awaits results of independent autopsy on Delta State student Trey Reed
State and Local Government
Spartanburg, S.C. City Council to meet Monday, Oct. 27
N.C.'s DEQ accepting public comments on modified air quality permit for Domtar Paper in Martin County