Ben Ledbetter
A new database in New Mexico aims to de-escalate police encounters
We're covering a New Mexico database that informs police officers about health conditions or disabilities that may impact someone's ability to interact with law enforcement, insurance implications from the California wildfires and more.
Older job seekers face age discrimination, negative health impacts when they lose their jobs
Good morning. It's Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, and in today's edition, we're covering over 1,500 ballots being challenged in four SE N.C. counties, Planned Parenthood's longtime president's death after battling brain cancer and much more.
Helene is gone, but its impact is far from over in N.C.'s Mitchell County
Good morning. It's Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, and in this morning's edition, we're covering Helene's continuing impact in North Carolina's Mitchell County, Virginia launches an investigation into Richmond's water crisis, Maryland could struggle with its climate goals.
Muslims in New Orleans worried about discrimination
Good morning. It's Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, and in this weekend's edition, we're covering, New Orleans area Muslims worried about Islamophobia after Bourbon Street attack, the removal of four more books from South Carolina's public schools, municipalities owning their own grocery stores
LA fires underscore how much California has to lose if Trump withholds disaster aid
As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly threatened to cut off disaster funding for California.
He stopped short of that on Wednesday, but in a social media post, he called Newsom
EXTRA: GOP members of North Carolina’s Supreme Court blocks BOE from certifying Democrat’s election
At the request of GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin, Republicans on the state Supreme Court have prohibited the state Board of Elections from certifying Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ election.
Riggs, the incumbent, leads Griffin by 734 votes in the election for a seat on the state’s highest court.
Griffin, an