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Tillis announces legislation to improve suicide and crisis lifeline

At a time when depression rates among adults and children surge to record levels, US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, along with US Sen. Alex Padilla, D-CA, co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, announced a critical step on Friday to improve the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

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Another NC journalist who covered January 6 Capitol breach faces prosecution

North Carolina resident and independent journalist Steve Baker is facing four charges from federal prosecutors targeting him for covering the capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Baker has been assigned to Obama-appointed Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, DC.

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Tillis receives death threat related to bill banning TikTok

US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, received a threatening voicemail from a caller who said she would “find him and shoot him and cut him into pieces” if he voted to ban the social media platform TikTok when a bill banning it comes up for a vote in the Senate. 

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Budd, Tillis among senators urging Qatar to pressure Hamas to release hostages

North Carolina Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis joined a bipartisan contingent of senators on Friday urging Qatar to step up the pressure in negotiations with Hamas for the release of 134 hostages, including 8 Americans, with one of them being Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel.

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Senate Dems block Budd’s ‘Laken Riley Act’

On Thursday, Senate Democrats rejected a bill one day after it was introduced by Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd-NC and Katie Britt-AL, that was named for the 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant last month.

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Budd and Britt introduce the ‘Laken Riley Act,’ in honor of GA nursing student murdered by illegal immigrant

Republican North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, along with Sen. Katie Britt, R-AL, introduced a bill Wednesday named for the 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant/alien last month.

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Tillis introduces two bills to fix problems caused by illegal immigration

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis introduced two bills Tuesday geared toward issues caused by illegal immigration, which remains the most important issue for voters in most polls, including Carolina Journal’s most recent poll.

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Report: Nearly half a million illegal immigrants reside in NC

The United States, including North Carolina, is facing a growing number of serious issues due to the millions of illegal immigrants that have come into the country since President Joe Biden took office, and experts say the problems are likely to get a lot worse.

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